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 |
|---|---|
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| niggle | trifle |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |