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 |
|---|---|
| irremediable | not remediable |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| vulture | any 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 |
| divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |