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 |
|---|---|
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |
| aria | air |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| cordial | showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval |