GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| random | a haphazard course |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |