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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innovationa new idea, method, or device : novelty
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didacticdesigned or intended to teach
epitaphan inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there
supplicateto make a humble entreaty
mercurialof, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury
cardinala high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college
blunderto move unsteadily or confusedly
magniloquentspeaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner
magisterialof, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative