GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| maroon | a dark red |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| ramification | branch |