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 |
|---|---|
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| optician | a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments |