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 |
|---|---|
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| encompass | include |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |