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 |
|---|---|
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |