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 |
|---|---|
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |