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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blusterto talk or act with noisy swaggering threats
lustrousreflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle
abstainto choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice
commensuratecorresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate
fruitfulyielding or producing fruit
congealto change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold
ragamuffina ragged often disreputable person
spectruma continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order
hereafterafter this in sequence or in time
bumpa relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as