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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| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| swarthy | of a dark color, complexion, or cast |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |