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 |
|---|---|
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
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| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
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| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| exploit | deed |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |