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 |
|---|---|
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |