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 |
|---|---|
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| vibrant | pulsating with life, vigor, or activity |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| dint | force |
| dull | tedious |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |