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 |
|---|---|
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| psychopathic | of, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| faculty | ability |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |