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 |
|---|---|
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |