GRE Word List
ARCHETYPE
the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype
The meaning of the word archetype is the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |