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
mediateoccupying a middle position
implicateto bring into intimate or incriminating connection
antagonismopposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle
weanto accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing
germa small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts
turgidexcessively embellished in style or language : bombastic
effusionan act of effusing
gustthe sensation of taste
seedycontaining or full of seeds
douseto plunge into water