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 |
|---|---|
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| vivacious | lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
