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 |
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| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| retrench | cut down |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |