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 |
|---|---|
| neologism | a new word, usage, or expression |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |