GRE Word List

MICROCOSM

a little world

The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.

Random words

WordMeaning
uxoriousexcessively fond of or submissive to a wife
effectiveproducing a decided, decisive, or desired effect
judiciarya system of courts of law
dissimulateto hide under a false appearance
confiscateappropriated by the government : forfeited
disabuseto free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy
executiveof or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs
corrodeto eat away by degrees as if by gnawing
warrena place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant)
gushto issue copiously or violently