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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chisela metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal)
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profusionlavish expenditure : extravagance
eschewto avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun
paraphrasea restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form
marginalwritten or printed in the margin of a page or sheet
undulatinghaving a wavy surface, edge, or markings
doggerelloosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect
windfallsomething (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind
manumitto release from slavery