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 |
|---|---|
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| 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 |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |