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
irremediablenot remediable
provenderdry food for domestic animals : feed
rusticateto go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life
sluran insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion
scurriloususing or given to coarse language
vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
divineof, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god
hypotheticalinvolving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural
prudea person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum
allegorythe expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence