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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |