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 |
|---|---|
| arid | excessively dry |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| brazen | made of brass |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |