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 |
|---|---|
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| trenchant | keen |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
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| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |