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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WordMeaning
venerateto regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference
patriarchone of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people
carapacea bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab)
disconcertto throw into confusion
misogynista person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person
analogya comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect
empiricaloriginating in or based on observation or experience
defunctno longer living, existing, or functioning
taciturntemperamentally disinclined to talk
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them