GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| scintilla | spark |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |