GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impending | occurring or likely to occur soon : upcoming |
| nourishment | food |
| ploy | escapade |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| monochrome | a painting, drawing, or photograph in a single hue |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| query | question |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |