GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| demoniac | possessed or influenced by a demon |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |