GRE Word List
INCRUSTATION
hard coating or crust; V. incrust: encrust; cover with a crust
The meaning of the word incrustation is hard coating or crust; V. incrust: encrust; cover with a crust.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| leaven | add leaven to; cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven; N: agent, such as yeast, that causes dough to rise (by fermentation); element that lightens or enlivens |
| slake | satisfy (thirst); quench; sate |
| untoward | unexpected and adverse; unfortunate or unlucky; Ex. untoward encounter |
| prone | inclined to; likely to (suffer); prostrate; lying with the front downward; Ex. prone to disease/make mistakes; Ex. accident-prone |
| outmoded | no longer in fashion or use; no longer stylish; old-fashioned |
| stately | formal; ceremonious; grand in style or size; majestic |
| impasse | predicament(dangerous condition) from which there is no escape; situation allowing for no further progress |
| sublimate | refine; purify; replace (natural urges) with socially acceptable activities; change between a solid state and a gaseous state |
| shear | remove (fleece or hair) by cutting; remove the hair or fleece from; cut with or as if with shears; N: shears; pair of scissors |
| extirpate | root up; uproot; destroy completely |
