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 |
|---|---|
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |