GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |