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.
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disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |