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 |
|---|---|
| beleaguer | besiege |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |