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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| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |