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 |
|---|---|
| epitome | a typical or ideal example : embodiment |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| sublimate | sublime |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| apparent | open to view : visible |