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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| Word | Meaning |
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| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| conveyance | the action of conveying |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |