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 |
|---|---|
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| scion | descendant |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| deify | to make a god of |
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |