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 |
|---|---|
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| encumber | weigh down |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |