GRE Word List
PASTICHE
a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work
The meaning of the word pastiche is a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| fidelity | the quality or state of being faithful |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |