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 |
|---|---|
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |