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 |
|---|---|
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| filial | of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |