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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| colloquy | conversation |
| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |