GRE Word List

MICROCOSM

a little world

The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.

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WordMeaning
vulgarlacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse
confiscateappropriated by the government : forfeited
exactto call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
halcyoncharacterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden
distraitapprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted
masochista person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism
execrateto declare to be evil or detestable : denounce
juggernauta massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path
hieroglyphicwritten in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters
futileserving no useful purpose : completely ineffective