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 |
|---|---|
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |