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 |
|---|---|
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| leery | suspicious |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| application | an act of applying: |