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
dissipateto break up and drive off
meniala person doing menial work
ambiguousdoubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness
evocativeevoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response
vauntedhighly or widely praised or boasted about
impalpableincapable of being felt by touch : intangible
crypta chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground
impeachto charge with a crime or misdemeanor
transparenthaving the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid
embedto enclose closely in or as if in a matrix