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 |
|---|---|
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
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| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| ichthyology | a branch of zoology that deals with fishes |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |