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 |
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| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| render | to melt down |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| clamor | noisy shouting |