GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| rider | one that rides |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |