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 |
|---|---|
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| wanton | merciless |
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |