GRE Word List

MICROCOSM

a little world

The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.

Random words

WordMeaning
aliasotherwise called : otherwise known as
latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
randoma haphazard course
surpassto become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed
viseany of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam
herda typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control
douseto plunge into water
sheafa quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together
bromidea binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives
redoubtablecausing fear or alarm : formidable