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 |
|---|---|
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| 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) |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| pugilist | fighter |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |