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 |
|---|---|
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| psychiatrist | a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry |
| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| parlance | speech |