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 |
|---|---|
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| anonymity | the quality or state of being anonymous |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |