GRE Word List
ENCROACHMENT
to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another
The meaning of the word encroachment is to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sportive | frolicsome |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| stench | stink |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |