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 |
|---|---|
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| writ | something written : writing |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |