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 |
|---|---|
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| sophist | philosopher |
| clip | encompass |
| tome | book |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |