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 |
|---|---|
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| privy | private |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |