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 |
|---|---|
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| steep | lofty |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |