GRE Word List
PERQUISITE
a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages
The meaning of the word perquisite is a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| wry | twist |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |