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 |
|---|---|
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| consort | associate |
| pundit | pandit |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| countenance | look |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |