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 |
|---|---|
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |