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 |
|---|---|
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| attire | to put garments on : dress |
| fabricate | invent |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |
| pliant | pliable |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |