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
permeablecapable of being permeated : penetrable
paltryinferior
rostera roll or list of personnel
altruisticrelating to or given to altruism:
mirewet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh)
warrantya real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title
secularof or relating to the worldly or temporal
millenniumthe thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation
metallurgicalthe science and technology of metals
campa place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)