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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WordMeaning
laymana person who is not a member of the clergy
derangedmentally unsound : crazy
nonsensewords or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas
doctrinairestubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations
decelerateto reduce the speed of : slow down
deferencerespect and esteem due a superior or an elder
pedigreea register recording a line of ancestors
mandatean authoritative command
bequeathto give or leave by will (see will
lingerto be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry