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 |
|---|---|
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| epaulet | something that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |