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 |
|---|---|
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |