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 |
|---|---|
| irremediable | not remediable |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |