GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |