GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| executive | of or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |