GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |