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 |
|---|---|
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |