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::: incursion - temporary invasion; CF. excursion: short journey
::: rectify - set right; correct; CF. rect-: right
::: subtlety - perceptiveness; ingenuity; delicacy; ADJ. subtle: delicate; so slight as to be difficult to detect; able to make fine distinctions; clever; Ex. subtle mind/differences in meaning
::: induct - place formally in office; install; admit as a member; initiate; N. induction: inducting; process of deriving general principles from particular facts
::: causal - implying a cause-and-effect relationship; N. causality
::: indeterminate - uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite
::: despoil - plunder; sack; Ex. despoil the village
::: opulence - extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance; ADJ. opulent: possessing great wealth; abundant
::: pastoral - rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
::: reprobate - morally disapproved person; person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency; CF. disapproved by God ?