GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| speck | a small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |