GRE Word List
ENCROACHMENT
gradual intrusion; Ex. I resent all these encroachments on my valuable time; V. encroach: take another's possessions or right gradually or stealthily; intrude; Ex. encroach on/upon
The meaning of the word encroachment is gradual intrusion; Ex. I resent all these encroachments on my valuable time; V. encroach: take another's possessions or right gradually or stealthily; intrude; Ex. encroach on/upon.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quietude | tranquillity; calmness |
| repose | resting; state of being at rest; calmness; V: lie at rest; relax; put or place; Ex. repose our hopes in a single man |
| collage | work of art put together from fragments |
| effigy | dummy; likeness of a person made of wood, paper, or stone; Ex. burn an effigy of the President |
| dynamic | energetic; vigorously active |
| unregenerate | making no attempt to change one's bad practices |
| equity | fairness; justice; OP. inequity |
| compound | combine; produce by combining; increase; make worse by adding to or increasing; exacerbate; Ex. compound an error; ADJ: consisting of two or more parts; N: combination of two or more parts; area enclosed by a wall containing a group of buildings; Ex. factory compound; CF. complex |
| wither | (of a plant) dry up from loss of moisture; lose freshness; shrivel; decay |
| lance | pierce with a lance; cut into; N: spearlike weapon |