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 |
|---|---|
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |