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
residualremainder
aureolea radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage
dissectionthe act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected
caliberdegree of mental capacity or moral quality
apocryphalof doubtful authenticity : spurious
encipherto convert (a message) into cipher
supplicantone who supplicates
oddsthe probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances
rancidhaving an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition
discounta reduction made from the gross (see gross