GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| ogle | to glance with amorous invitation or challenge |
| cryptic | secret |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |