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 |
|---|---|
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |