GRE WORDS 597-598

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BIVOUAC: 
  noun 
1. (military) temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers. 
2.A site where people on holiday can pitch a tent. eg. After a forced bivouac on the ridge, they descended the next day before returning to Gangotri the day after. 

verb 
Live in or as if in a tent. eg."Can we go bivouacking again this summer?"














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CONJURE:
  verb 
 1. Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic;summon a devil;practice magic.

 2.Imagine or invent. eg.Walking through the hall instantly conjures up images of grand parties that must have been held here in the past.



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GRE WORDS 595-596

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 NUPTIAL: adj. Of or relating to marriage or the wedding ceremony. Of, relating to, or occurring during the mating season. the nuptial plumage of male birds noun A wedding ceremony. eg.There wasn’t a dry eye in the church when the couple recited their nuptial vows! 








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NIGGARDLY: adj. Grudging and petty in giving or spending;miserly. eg.He left the waiter a niggardly tip.
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