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
quellto thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity
depredationto lay waste : plunder
standstilla state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop
gruelingtrying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing
fertileproducing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive
shrewdmarked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen
forbearancea refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due
impassionedfilled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling
gildto overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold
dissolutionthe act or process of dissolving: such as