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 |
|---|---|
| flashy | lacking in substance or flavor : insipid |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| neologism | a new word, usage, or expression |
| infidel | one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| seemly | good-looking |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |