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 |
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| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| brink | edge |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |