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 |
|---|---|
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| overthrow | overturn |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |