GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| sidetrack | siding |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |