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 |
|---|---|
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| retiring | reserved |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |