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 |
|---|---|
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| faculty | ability |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| pomposity | pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |