GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| guileless | innocent |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| turbulence | the quality or state of being turbulent: such as |
