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.
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| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| diabolical | of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish |
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| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |