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 |
|---|---|
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| pliant | pliable |