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 |
|---|---|
| residual | remainder |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |