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 |
|---|---|
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| encompass | include |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |