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 |
|---|---|
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
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| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
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| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |