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 |
|---|---|
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| potentate | ruler |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |
| apparent | open to view : visible |