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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amuleta charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft)
stifleto withhold from circulation or expression
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interdicta Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district
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plightto put or give in pledge : engage
hypotheticalinvolving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural