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 |
|---|---|
| infidel | one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |