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 |
|---|---|
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| inclusive | broad in orientation or scope |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |