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 |
|---|---|
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| submerge | to put under water |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| interjection | an ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |