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 |
|---|---|
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |