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 |
|---|---|
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| assent | to agree to or approve of something (such as an idea or suggestion) especially after thoughtful consideration : concur |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |