GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |