GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |