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

WordMeaning
officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
coincorner
implementa device used in the performance of a task : tool
gauntexcessively thin and angular
salientmoving by leaps or springs : jumping
impassableincapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted
gleama transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light
plummetto fall perpendicularly
poulticea soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
irreparablenot reparable : irremediable