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 |
|---|---|
| repartee | a quick and witty reply |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| amazon | a member of a race of female warriors of Greek mythology |
| grudging | unwilling |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |