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bumpkin

Posted on August 10, 2016August 10, 2016 by admin

buhmp kihn noun an ignorant, clumsy, uncultured person from a rural area; yokel. After she started college in the city, she began to regard her friends back home as country bumpkins.

proletariat

Posted on August 9, 2016August 10, 2016 by admin

pra lə teI ri ət noun the working class, esp. those who lack capital and must sell their usu. unskilled labor in order to survive. The revolutionaries declared that factories and other…

plebeian

Posted on August 8, 2016August 10, 2016 by admin

plə bi ən adjective 1. in ancient Roman society, of or belonging to the class of commoners; not patrician. Although patricians had higher social standing, plebeian citizens owned land and often had…

profligate

Posted on August 5, 2016August 2, 2016 by admin

pra flə giht adjective 1. totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. The profligate son spent most of his time drinking and seducing the young servants. 2. spending imprudently and…

stentorian

Posted on August 4, 2016August 2, 2016 by admin

sten to ri ən adjective extremely loud and powerful. The speaker’s stentorian voice shook the room.

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