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 |
|---|---|
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| primal | original |
| garnish | decorate |