GRE Word List
INCUMBENT
the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice
The meaning of the word incumbent is the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |