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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| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
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| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| residual | remainder |
| boor | peasant |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |