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 |
|---|---|
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| countenance | look |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |