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 |
|---|---|
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| addle | rotten |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |