GRE Word List

MICROCOSM

a little world

The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.

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WordMeaning
hieroglyphicwritten in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters
constraintthe act of constraining
pryto look closely or inquisitively
unisonidentity in musical pitch
repealto rescind or annul by authoritative act
masona skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick)
seclusionthe act of secluding : the condition of being secluded
scuffleto struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion
analgesiainsensibility to pain without loss of consciousness
haggardnot tamed