GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| wizardry | the art or practices of a wizard : sorcery |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| skiff | any of various small boats |