GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |