GRE Word List

MICROCOSM

a little world

The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.

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WordMeaning
enfranchiseto set free (as from slavery)
pervasiveexisting in or spreading through every part of something
chroniccontinuing or occurring again and again for a long time
woea condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief
heresyadherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma
hazymade dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze
sophistrysubtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation
panga brief piercing spasm of pain
tundraa level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs
impromptumade, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised