GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| lunar | crescent |
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |