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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| intermediary | mediator |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |