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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| executioner | one who executes |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| concentric | having a common center |
| brave | having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |