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 |
|---|---|
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |