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 |
|---|---|
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| resign | relegate |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |
| occident | west |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |