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 |
|---|---|
| wholesome | promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| scourge | whip |
| drip | to let fall in drops |
| attire | to put garments on : dress |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| amend | to put right |