GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| circlet | a little circle |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |