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 |
|---|---|
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |