GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| heckler | one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| pulmonary | of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |