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 |
|---|---|
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |