GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slapdash | haphazard |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |