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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WordMeaning
amputateto remove by or as if by cutting
validateto make legally valid : ratify
refuteto prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous
scoretwenty
obsoleteno longer in use or no longer useful
indigentsuffering from extreme poverty : impoverished
altruisticrelating to or given to altruism:
tracta system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function
disengageto release from something that engages or involves
rejoinderthe defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication