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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mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
chorusa company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action
transposeto change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of
badgerany of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
enunciateto make a definite or systematic statement of
poulticea soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
slougha place of deep mud or mire
pretexta purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs
raptlifted up and carried away
warrantya real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title