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 |
|---|---|
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |