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 |
|---|---|
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |