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 |
|---|---|
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |