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 |
|---|---|
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| nib | bill |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |