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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| adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |