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 |
|---|---|
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
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