GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| charlatan | quack |
| amity | friendship |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| lode | waterway |