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 |
|---|---|
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| nomenclature | name |