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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |
| bountiful | liberal or generous in bestowing gifts or favors |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| pliant | pliable |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |