The word vernacular means ____________.
a. religious style
b. modular homes
c. traditional, local style
d. democratic
e. limited to a small group of people
c. traditional, local style
a. Incorrect. While a vernacular style could be used for a religious building, it does not mean religious style.
b. Incorrect. Vernacular does not mean modular homes.
c. Correct. Vernacular, or the vernacular style, means the traditional, local style.
d. Incorrect. Vernacular does not mean democratic.
e. Incorrect. Vernacular does not mean limited to a small group of people.
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