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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casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
selectiveof, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select
self-indulgenceexcessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims
abaseto lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem
ellipticalof, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse
overweeningarrogant
rejoinderthe defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication
inordinateexceeding reasonable limits : immoderate
adhereto hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language