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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| exploit | deed |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| protocol | an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |