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 |
|---|---|
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| cater | to provide a supply of food |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |