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 |
|---|---|
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |