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 |
|---|---|
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |