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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verbosecontaining more words than necessary : wordy
circleta little circle
defaultfailure to do something required by duty or law : neglect
dapperneat and trim in appearance
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
deciduousfalling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle
conceitfavorable opinion
wontaccustomed
dermatologista branch of medicine dealing with the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases
compulsivehaving power to compel