GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| primal | original |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |