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 |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| harass | exhaust |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |