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 |
|---|---|
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| convention | agreement |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |