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 |
|---|---|
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |