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

WordMeaning
ragamuffina ragged often disreputable person
tutelaryhaving the guardianship of a person or a thing
emaciatedvery thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness
bewitchto influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft
burlesquea literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation
subsideto sink or fall to the bottom : settle
liquidateto determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts)
rarefiedbeing less dense
shoveto push along
fleeta number of warships under a single command