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 |
|---|---|
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| filial | of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| rotunda | a round building |
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic |