GRE Word List
MILIEU
the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment
The meaning of the word milieu is the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| monochromatic | having or consisting of one color or hue |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| felon | one who has committed a felony |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |