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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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WordMeaning
cringeto recoil in distaste
rejuvenateto make young or youthful again : give new vigor to
maudlindrunk enough to be emotionally silly
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
mimean ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner
undermineto subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly
marto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil
feignto give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression
subservientuseful in an inferior capacity : subordinate
nadirthe point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer