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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| courier | messenger |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
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| overthrow | overturn |
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| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
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