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 |
|---|---|
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |