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 |
|---|---|
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| skimp | skimpy |