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 |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| optician | a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| replica | an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |