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 |
|---|---|
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |