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 |
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| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
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| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| ventilate | to expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| garnish | decorate |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |