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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| paradigm | example |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |