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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WordMeaning
rescindto take away : remove
badinageplayful repartee : banter
loga usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree
inerrancyexemption from error : infallibility
ecologista branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments
marredto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil
pandemicoccurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population
sluggishaverse to activity or exertion : indolent
homagea feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state