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 |
|---|---|
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| debut | a first appearance |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |