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
bluffhaving a broad flattened front
pyromaniaca person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania
chipa small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off
massthe liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist
impregnateto cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated
predecessorone that precedes
subalternparticular with reference to a related universal proposition
defeatistan attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat
rejuvenateto make young or youthful again : give new vigor to
poignancythe quality or state of being poignant