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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| puerile | juvenile |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| rider | one that rides |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |