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 |
|---|---|
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| pliant | pliable |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |