GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| lateral | of or relating to the side |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| dart | a light spear |
| brook | creek |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |