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 |
|---|---|
| occident | west |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| dour | stern |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |