GRE Word List
BOURGEOIS
of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class
The meaning of the word bourgeois is of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |