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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| regal | of, relating to, or suitable for a king |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |