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 |
|---|---|
| congenial | pleasant |
| psychopathic | of, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| unfeigned | not feigned or hypocritical : genuine |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |