GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| expatriate | banish |
| finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| giddy | dizzy |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |