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.

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WordMeaning
covetousmarked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions
jocosegiven to joking : merry
paramountsuperior to all others : supreme
nutritionthe act or process of nourishing or being nourished
imperceptiblenot perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle
mangleto injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing
monochromatichaving or consisting of one color or hue
dwindleto become steadily less : shrink
patrimonyan estate inherited from one's father or ancestor
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language