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 |
|---|---|
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| carefree | free from care: such as |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |