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.

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volubleeasily rolling or turning : rotating
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hoodwinkto deceive by false appearance : dupe
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xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
stratuma bed or layer artificially made