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 |
|---|---|
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| bump | a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| verge | brink |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| vivacious | lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly |