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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |