GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| babble | to talk enthusiastically or excessively |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| contest | strive |