GRE Word List
STIPEND
a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses
The meaning of the word stipend is a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses.
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| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
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