GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alleviate | relieve |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |