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 |
|---|---|
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| acumen | keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |