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 |
|---|---|
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| obscure | dark |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |