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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |