GRE Word List
PATOIS
local or provincial dialect
The meaning of the word patois is local or provincial dialect.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quietude | tranquillity; calmness |
| buffet | strike forcefully; slap; batter; knock out; N: table with food set out for people to server themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set |
| intangible | not able to be perceived by touch; vague |
| curator | superintendent; manager (in charge of a museum or a library) |
| forswear | renounce under oath; abandon; make a solemn promise to give up; CF. abjure |
| matriarch | woman who rules a family or larger social group |
| glean | gather leavings; gather grain left behind by reapers; gather bit by bit (facts or information) often with difficulty |
| vestige | trace; remains; Ex. vestiges of some ancient religion |
| adverse | going against; opposing; unfavorable; hostile |
| transition | going from one state of action to another |