GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| ebullient | boiling |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |