GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| comestible | edible |
| gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |