GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| galaxy | milky way galaxy |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |