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 |
|---|---|
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |