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 |
|---|---|
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |