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 |
|---|---|
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |