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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |