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 |
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| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| seismic | of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |