GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| pugilist | fighter |