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 |
|---|---|
| passe | past one's prime |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| rustic | of, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |