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 |
|---|---|
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| internecine | of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |