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 |
|---|---|
| polity | political organization |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
| husband | a male partner in a marriage |