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 |
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| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| array | to dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| schematic | of or relating to a scheme or schema |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |