GRE Word List

MICROCOSM

a little world

The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.

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philanderera man who has sexual relations with many women
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pestilentialcausing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly
interrogateto question formally and systematically
coagulateto cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle
captionthe part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed
invocationthe act or process of petitioning for help or support
oscillateto swing backward and forward like a pendulum
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