GRE Word List
BIVOUAC
a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter
The meaning of the word bivouac is a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |