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 |
|---|---|
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |