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 |
|---|---|
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| curator | a person who oversees or manages a place (such as a museum or zoo) that offers exhibits |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |