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 |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |