GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
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|---|---|
| turbulence | the quality or state of being turbulent: such as |
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| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |