GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |