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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| refrain | curb |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |