GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| humility | freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| exhale | to rise or be given off as vapor |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |