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 |
|---|---|
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| ebullient | boiling |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |