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 |
|---|---|
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| lout | to bow in respect |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |