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 |
|---|---|
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| oligarchy | government by the few |