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 |
|---|---|
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| benison | blessing |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| aesthetic | of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful |
| chafe | irritate |