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 |
|---|---|
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |