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 |
|---|---|
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| irate | roused to ire |