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 |
|---|---|
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |