GRE Word List
PROTOTYPE
an original model on which something is patterned : archetype
The meaning of the word prototype is an original model on which something is patterned : archetype.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |