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 |
|---|---|
| caption | the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| grotto | cave |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |