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 |
|---|---|
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| query | question |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| imbue | endow |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| mystic | mystical |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |