GRE Word List
INFRINGE
to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another
The meaning of the word infringe is to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another.
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| ensconce | shelter |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| diabolical | of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
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| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |