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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| humility | freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |