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 |
|---|---|
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |