GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |