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 |
|---|---|
| sober | not intoxicated |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| stench | stink |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| ventriloquist | one who uses or is skilled in ventriloquism |
| wholesome | promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| shambles | a meat market |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |