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 |
|---|---|
| treasure | wealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| charlatan | quack |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |