bivouac \BIV-wak, BIV-uh-wak\ (noun) - An encampment for the night, usually under little or no shelter.

(intransitive verb) - To encamp for the night, usually under little or no shelter.

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unique \yu-NEEK\ (adjective) - Sole, one of a kind, without equal or match.

"Going out with Mary Ellen to the county sausage-eating contest was an almost unique experience in my life."

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cacodylic \kae-keh-DI-lik\ (adjective) - 1 : Belonging to the arsenic group of poisons. 2 : Foul-smelling.

"After playing in the yard, Meghan found a cacodylic substance clinging stubbornly to the ...Read More

spoony \SPOO-nee\ (adjective) - 1 : Foolish; silly; excessively sentimental. 2 : Foolishly or sentimentally in love.

"There is no doubt whatever that I was a lackadaisical young spoony; but there was a purity of heart in ...Read More

solipsism \sa-LIP-si-zehm\ (noun) - The view that only the self can be known or that the self is the only reality (egotism).

"When Catherine is writing, she falls into a solipsistic state impervious to the outside world...Read More

frisson \free-SOHN\ (noun) - A moment of intense excitement; a shudder; an emotional thrill.

"While Carol loved the frisson of watching movies where hapless ladies became victims through no fault of their own, she hated ...Read More