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 |
|---|---|
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |