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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| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| braid | to make from braids |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |