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 |
|---|---|
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| historic | historical |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |