GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
delineate | to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail |
frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
repudiate | to refuse to accept |
knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |