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 |
|---|---|
| disquietude | anxiety |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| brawny | muscular |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |