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 |
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| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |