GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| countenance | look |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |