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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minutethe 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds
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tiradea protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language
psychosisa serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
circumlocutionthe use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea
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pranceto spring from the hind legs or move by so doing
miasmaa vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease
equivocateto use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive
pariaha member of a low caste of southern India