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 |
|---|---|
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| aptitude | inclination |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |