GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contrive | devise |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| paramour | lover |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| collateral | property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |