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 |
|---|---|
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |