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 |
|---|---|
| finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |