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 |
|---|---|
| gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language: |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |