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 |
|---|---|
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
| paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |