GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| raiment | clothing |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |