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 |
|---|---|
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| rail | a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier |
| insurgent | a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |