GRE Word List
PATOIS
a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect
The meaning of the word patois is a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spruce | to make spruce |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |