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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| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| cipher | zero |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| frigid | intensely cold |