GRE Word List

MICROCOSM

a little world

The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.

Random words

WordMeaning
flotsamfloating wreckage of a ship or its cargo
adamantunshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding
delineateto describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail
freneticmarked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied
repudiateto refuse to accept
knitto form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles
contiguousbeing in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point
banea source of harm or ruin : curse
decorousmarked by propriety and good taste : correct
panga brief piercing spasm of pain