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 |
|---|---|
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| aver | to declare positively |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |