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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| Word | Meaning |
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| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| ram | a male sheep |
| ebullient | boiling |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |