GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| approbation | commendation |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| industrious | constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : diligent |
| countenance | look |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |