GRE Word List
WAGE
a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis
The meaning of the word wage is a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| raconteur | a person who excels in telling anecdotes |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| epaulet | something that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |