GRE Word List

MICROCOSM

a little world

The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.

Random words

WordMeaning
expatriatebanish
momentoushaving great or lasting importance : consequential
recumbentsuggestive of repose : leaning
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
renovateto restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding)
habitatthe place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows
betrayto lead astray
lethalof, relating to, or causing death
monograma sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric