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 |
|---|---|
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| denomination | an act of denominating |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |