GRE Word List
MICROCOSM
a little world
The meaning of the word microcosm is a little world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language: |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| quizzical | comically quaint |