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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formidablecausing fear, dread, or apprehension
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lateralof or relating to the side
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belaborto attack verbally
peerlessmatchless
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climacticof, relating to, or constituting a climax