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 |
|---|---|
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |