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 |
|---|---|
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| aesthetic | of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |