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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inherentinvolved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic
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personablepleasant or amiable in person : attractive
corpusthe body of a human or animal especially when dead