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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk : imperil |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |