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 |
|---|---|
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| finicky | extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |