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 |
|---|---|
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |