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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annotateto make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment
assertto state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively
potentialexisting in possibility : capable of development into actuality
degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
carpingmarked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism
decorumliterary and dramatic propriety : fitness
bovineof, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow
irreparablenot reparable : irremediable
requiteto make return for : repay
mangyaffected with or resulting from mange