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 |
|---|---|
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| imbibe | drink |
| nomenclature | name |
| charlatan | quack |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| fleck | streak |