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 |
|---|---|
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| modish | fashionable |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |