GRE Word List

MICROCOSM

a little world

The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.

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hoverto position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it
turbidthick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
visagethe face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal
ebullientboiling
exertionthe act or an instance of exerting
deprecateto express disapproval of
sensitizationthe action or process of sensitizing
pronehaving a tendency or inclination : being likely
groovea long narrow channel or depression