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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expedientsuitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance
meandera winding path or course
epigrama concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought
chameleonany of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal
stanzaa division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe
gourmeta connoisseur of food and drink
censoriousmarked by or given to censure (see censure
disparitya noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity
subdueto conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish
unilateraldone or undertaken by one person or party