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 |
|---|---|
| impinge | encroach |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| concatenate | linked together |
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| paramour | lover |