GRE Word List

MICROCOSM

a little world

The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.

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WordMeaning
prohibitivetending to prohibit or restrain
cozento deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery
tumidmarked by swelling : swollen
fervorintensity of feeling or expression
unassuagednot quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged
randoma haphazard course
depleteto empty of a principal substance
consternationamazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion
solitudethe quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion
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