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 |
|---|---|
| motley | variegated in color |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |