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 |
|---|---|
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| oaf | a stupid person : boob |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| rift | fissure |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |