GRE Word List

EMOLUMENT

the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites

The meaning of the word emolument is the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites.

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hoaxto trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous
vilifyto utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
hostagea person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement
deifyto make a god of
temperheat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion
guilelessinnocent
fidelitythe quality or state of being faithful
compromisesettlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
crossbreedhybridize