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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discerningshowing insight and understanding : discriminating
matineea musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon
arrayto dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn
moresthe fixed morally binding customs of a particular group
headfirstwith the head foremost
spectruma continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order
terminuseither end of a transportation line or travel route
schematicof or relating to a scheme or schema
plumba lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction
gradationa series forming successive stages