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 |
|---|---|
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| nomenclature | name |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |