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 |
|---|---|
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |