ihn taI təl transitive verb 1. to give a right or legal claim to. The Sixth Amendment entitles individuals to a fair and speedy trial. This coupon entitles you to one free…

dIs əd vaen tihjd adjective suffering from unfavorable or inferior conditions or circumstances, usu. of a material or social nature. The church helped fund a summer day camp for disadvantaged teens.

bur zhwa adjective 1. of, related to, or characteristic of the middle class. Bourgeois women began to emulate the manners of the upper class. Bourgeois attitudes toward extra-marital affairs tended to be…

ih lit noun 1. (usu. used with a pl. verb) the best, taken collectively. The prizewinners were the elite among the competitors. 2. (used with a pl. verb) those having the greatest…

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.