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.

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WordMeaning
torpora state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
piousmarked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship
optionalinvolving an option : not compulsory
catalysta substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible
sedentarynot migratory : settled
muskyhaving an odor of or resembling musk
oddsthe probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances
peddleto travel about with wares for sale
clichea trite phrase or expression
outlawa person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law