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 |
|---|---|
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| fete | festival |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
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| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |