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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| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| crochet | needlework consisting of the interlocking of looped stitches formed with a single thread and a hooked needle |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |