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 |
|---|---|
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| energize | to make energetic, vigorous, or active |
| finished | entirely done |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |