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 |
|---|---|
| effete | no longer fertile |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| trance | stupor |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| obstetrician | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |