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 |
|---|---|
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| minuscule | very small |
| psychopathic | of, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy |