GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |