GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |