GRE Word List

INCURSION

a hostile entrance into a territory : raid

The meaning of the word incursion is a hostile entrance into a territory : raid.

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idylla simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment
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carriondead and putrefying flesh
interto deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb
unkemptnot combed
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lucidsuffused with light : luminous
immutablenot capable of or susceptible to change
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