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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WordMeaning
necromancyconjuration (see conjure
extrudeto force, press, or push out
pranceto spring from the hind legs or move by so doing
hierarchya division of angels
lexicographeran author or editor of a dictionary
turbidthick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment
rationalizeto bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as
standstilla state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop
claspa device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together
shrewdmarked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen