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 |
|---|---|
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| quizzical | comically quaint |