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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| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
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| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
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| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
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