GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| fete | festival |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| stock | a store or supply accumulated or available |
| condole | grieve |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |