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 |
|---|---|
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| scintilla | spark |
| rift | fissure |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| engender | beget |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |