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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| hortatory | hortative |
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| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| emanate | to come out from a source |