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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| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |