GRE Word List

MICROCOSM

a little world

The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.

Random words

WordMeaning
rabidextremely violent : furious
licentiouslacking legal or moral restraints
preemptto acquire (something, such as land) by preemption
plasticitythe quality or state of being plastic
burlesquea literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation
regenerationan act or the process of regenerating : the state of being regenerated
supposititiousfraudulently substituted : spurious
insolencethe quality or state of being insolent
retractto draw back or in
monasticof or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns