GRE vocabulary
pastiche
a work made up of borrowed elements from various sources
In a sentence
Pastiche in a sentence
Here is an example sentence showing pastiche in a sentence.
The novel was a pastiche of nineteenth-century styles and tropes.
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Antonyms
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Common questions
Questions about “pastiche”
Pastiche (noun) means a work made up of borrowed elements from various sources
Here is pastiche used in an example sentence: "The novel was a pastiche of nineteenth-century styles and tropes."
Common synonyms for pastiche include medley, hodgepodge, collage, patchwork.
Pastiche is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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