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 |
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luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
geniality | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness |
fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |
abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |