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 |
|---|---|
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| erotic | of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |