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 |
|---|---|
| masquerade | a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| spoof | deceive |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| invalid | not valid: |
| reparation | a repairing or keeping in repair |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |