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 |
|---|---|
| diva | prima donna |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| deify | to make a god of |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| paltry | inferior |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |