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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WordMeaning
skulduggeryunderhanded or unscrupulous behavior
ambivalencesimultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action
debonairsuave
prehensileadapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around
invectiveinsulting or abusive language : vituperation
optimista person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism
secreteto form and give off (a secretion)
extricateto free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty
incoherentlacking coherence: such as
allocateto apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute