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 |
|---|---|
| flounder | flatfish |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| eventual | contingent |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |