Vocabulary Word
Word: vernacular
Definition: living language (as compared to the official language); language spoken in a country or region; natural style; Ex. lapse into the vernacular
Definition: living language (as compared to the official language); language spoken in a country or region; natural style; Ex. lapse into the vernacular
Sentences Containing 'vernacular'
"At sunrise he summoned all hands; and separating those who had rebelled from those who had taken no part in the mutiny, he told the former that he had a good mind to flog them all round--thought, upon the whole, he would do so--he ought to--justice demanded it; but for the present, considering their timely surrender, he would let them go with a reprimand, which he accordingly administered in the vernacular.
More Vocab Words
::: unique - without an equal; single in kind::: bouillon - clear beef (or meat) soup
::: chant - tune(melody) in which a number of words are sung on the same note; V: sing (a chant); utter (a slogan) in the manner of a chant
::: horde - crowd; swarm
::: assimilate - absorb; take (food) into the body and digest it; understand (knowledge) completely and be able to use properly; cause to become homogeneous (the people of a country or race in the wasy of behaving or thinking)
::: glamor - compelling charm; ADJ. glamorous
::: aloft - upward; high up in the air
::: anonymity - state of being nameless; anonymousness; ADJ. anonymous
::: ingenious - marked by inventive skill; clever; resourceful; N. ingenuity
::: foster - rear; bring up (for a certain period only); encourage; promote the development of (feelings or ideas); Ex. help foster friendly relations; ADJ: giving parental care although not related by blood; Ex. foster parents
