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 |
|---|---|
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| compilation | the act or process of compiling |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |