GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| enhance | heighten |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| amend | to put right |