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 |
|---|---|
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |