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 |
|---|---|
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |