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
husbanda male partner in a marriage
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
ravenousrapacious
mercenaryone that serves merely for wages
osseousbony
fraughtfull of or accompanied by something specified
oddsthe probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances
scurriloususing or given to coarse language
occidentwest
impoverishto make poor