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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| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |