GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| equinox | either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |