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

WordMeaning
variegateto diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple
misdemeanora crime less serious than a felony (see felony
ornithologista branch of zoology dealing with birds
pervasiveexisting in or spreading through every part of something
pragmatista practical approach to problems and affairs
attritionsorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God
conceptionthe process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both
chasteinnocent of unlawful sexual intercourse
circumlocutionthe use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea
existentialof, relating to, or affirming existence