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 |
|---|---|
| headlong | headfirst |
| wake | to be or remain awake |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| title | the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |