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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| approbation | commendation |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |