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 |
|---|---|
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| demise | death |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |