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 |
|---|---|
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| opulence | wealth |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| actuary | clerk |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |