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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WordMeaning
gibberishunintelligible or meaningless language:
intelligentsiaintellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite
tribunea Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates
episodicmade up of separate especially loosely connected episodes
impassableincapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted
prelatean ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank
dooma law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England
sententiousgiven to or abounding in aphoristic expression
misconstrueto interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret
overturean initiative toward agreement or action : proposal