GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| centurion | an officer commanding a Roman century |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |