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 |
|---|---|
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| contest | strive |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| raconteur | a person who excels in telling anecdotes |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |