GRE Word List

PREROGATIVE

an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as

The meaning of the word prerogative is an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as.

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WordMeaning
manipulateto treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner
reticentinclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved
patoisa dialect other than the standard or literary dialect
furrowa trench in the earth made by a plow
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
stammerto make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter
drudgeto do hard, menial, or monotonous work
qualifiedfitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent
laboriousinvolving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous
pretentiouscharacterized by pretension: such as