GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| raconteur | a person who excels in telling anecdotes |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| finicky | extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards |
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |