GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| clown | farmer |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| puerile | juvenile |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |