GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| license | permission to act |