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 |
|---|---|
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| pliant | pliable |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| nourishment | food |