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 |
|---|---|
| compilation | the act or process of compiling |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |