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 |
|---|---|
| unfrock | defrock |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| reverberate | reflect |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |