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 |
|---|---|
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |