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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| narcissist | an individual showing symptoms of or affected by narcissism: such as |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |