GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| dissension | disagreement |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |