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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WordMeaning
patentopen to public inspection
derelictionan intentional abandonment
clariona medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones
symbiosisthe living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism)
blusterto talk or act with noisy swaggering threats
mingleto bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix
urgeto present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly
maleficentworking or productive of harm or evil : baleful
perpetualcontinuing forever : everlasting
disgorgeto discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit