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 |
|---|---|
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| existential | of, relating to, or affirming existence |