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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| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| prattle | prate |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| impuissance | weakness |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |