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 |
|---|---|
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| scintilla | spark |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |