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 |
|---|---|
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| addle | rotten |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |