GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |