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 |
|---|---|
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| overweening | arrogant |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| politic | political |