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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |