GRE Word List

MICROCOSM

a little world

The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.

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constraintthe act of constraining
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
renovateto restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding)
captiousmarked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections
velocityquickness of motion : speed
rancidhaving an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition
ravelto become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray
waggishresembling or characteristic of a wag
defameto harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel
slywise in practical affairs