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 |
|---|---|
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |
| addle | rotten |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |