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 |
|---|---|
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| finale | the close or termination of something: such as |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| engender | beget |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |