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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WordMeaning
diurnalactive chiefly in the daytime
repudiateto refuse to accept
improviseto compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously
emaciatedvery thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness
debaseto lower in status, esteem, quality, or character
penchanta strong and continued inclination
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
coalitionthe act of coalescing : union
transitiona change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")