Current Affairs

Incursion 

[noun] 
MEANING: 

1. an invasion, inroad, intrusion or raid

Invective 

[noun,adjective] 
MEANING: 

1. (n.) a derogatory remark or insult, criticism or denunciation
2. (adj.) abusive, insulting or denunciatory

Mollify

[transitive verb] 
MEANING: 

1. to soothe or pacify
2. to mitigate or soften

Ossify 

[intransitive verb,transitive verb] 
MEANING:

1. (tr.v.) to harden and transform to a bone
2. (tr. v.) to be rigid or resist change and unconventionality
3. (intr. v.) to change a bone by hardening
4. (intr. v.) to be rigid or unconventional in beliefs and behaviour

Pertinacious 

[adjective] 
MEANING: 

1. stubborn, obstinate or unyielding
2. resolute or tenacious