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 |
|---|---|
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| internecine | of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |