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 |
|---|---|
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| serenity | the quality or state of being serene |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| farce | stuff |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |