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 |
|---|---|
| append | attach |
| gazette | newspaper |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| certitude | the state of being or feeling certain |