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 |
|---|---|
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |