GRE Word List

INCRUSTATION

a crust or hard coating

The meaning of the word incrustation is a crust or hard coating.

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WordMeaning
gratuitousnot called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted
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uncannyseeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie
collationa light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
importto bring from a foreign or external source: such as
conjectureinference formed without proof or sufficient evidence
aureolea radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage
panga brief piercing spasm of pain
begrudgeto give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure