GRE Word List
INCUMBENT
obligatory; imposed as an obligation; currently holding an office; N: person who holds an office
The meaning of the word incumbent is obligatory; imposed as an obligation; currently holding an office; N: person who holds an office.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| laceration | torn ragged wound; V. lacerate: tear (the skin as with broken glass); wound |
| subside | sink to a lower level; settle down; sink to the bottom (as a sediment); descend; grow quiet; become less; moderate; abate |
| cadaver | corpse; dead human body |
| prodigious | enormous; marvelous; extraordinary; Ex. prodigious amount/memory |
| smolder | smoulder; burn slowly without flame; be liable to break out at any moment; exist in a suppressed state; Ex. smoldering anger |
| nib | beak(bill); pen point |
| psychosomatic | of the influence of the mind on the body (esp. with respect to disease) |
| mode | prevailing style; current fashion; manner; way of doing something; Ex. in the latest mode; Ex. simple mode of life |
| conflagration | great fire |
| dour | sullen; gloomy; stubborn |