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

WordMeaning
coymarked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness
staticexerting force by reason of weight alone without motion
gullany of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae)
cruxa puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question
posthumousborn after the death of the father
analogya comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect
outlandishof or relating to another country : foreign
transpireto take place : go on
transcribeto make a written copy of
optimumthe amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end