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.

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WordMeaning
resonantcontinuing to sound : echoing
ragamuffina ragged often disreputable person
mishapan unfortunate accident
dispassionatenot influenced by strong feeling
indubitabletoo evident to be doubted : unquestionable
plebiscitea vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler
pragmatista practical approach to problems and affairs
philatelista specialist in philately : one who collects or studies stamps
connubialof or relating to the married state : conjugal
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval