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 |
|---|---|
| dappled | marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background |
| calculated | apt |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |