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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| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |