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 |
|---|---|
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |