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 |
|---|---|
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| contrive | devise |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| collusion | secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| motley | variegated in color |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |