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 |
|---|---|
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| plumber | a dealer or worker in lead |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| paltry | inferior |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |