GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| abnegation | denial |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| conspire | plot |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |