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 |
|---|---|
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |