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 |
|---|---|
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| intermediary | mediator |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| warranted | sanction |