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 |
|---|---|
| cubicle | a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| dominate | rule |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
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| figment | something made up or contrived |