GRE Word List

MICROCOSM

a little world

The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.

Random words

WordMeaning
deifyto make a god of
facsimilean exact copy
exactingtryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands
far-fetchedbrought from a remote time or place
slanderto utter slander against : defame
boisterousnoisily turbulent : rowdy
waftto move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium
vetoan authoritative prohibition : interdiction
perspicaciousof acute mental vision or discernment : keen
impassionedfilled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling