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 |
|---|---|
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| haven | harbor |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |
| politic | political |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |