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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rebateto reduce the force or activity of : diminish
putrefyto make putrid
bureaucracya body of nonelected government officials
prophylacticguarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection
aphorisma concise statement of a principle
boostto push or shove up from below
flipto toss so as to cause to turn over in the air
ecologista branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments
artfulperformed with or showing art or skill
alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life