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 |
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| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| harbor | a place of security and comfort : refuge |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |