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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| debonair | suave |
| haggard | not tamed |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |