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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| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
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| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
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