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 |
|---|---|
| superannuated | outmoded |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |