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 |
|---|---|
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| list | a simple series of words or numerals (such as the names of persons or objects) |
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| dyslexia | a variable often familial learning disability involving difficulties in acquiring and processing language that is typically manifested by a lack of proficiency in reading, spelling, and writing |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |