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 |
|---|---|
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| prosperous | auspicious |
| anonymity | the quality or state of being anonymous |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |