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EXCERPT

a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract

The meaning of the word excerpt is a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract.

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WordMeaning
defileto make unclean or impure: such as
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
stratuma bed or layer artificially made
scintillaspark
unsightlynot pleasing to the sight : not comely
misnomerthe misnaming of a person in a legal instrument
savanta person of learning
suspendto debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function
thralla state of servitude or submission
erodeto diminish or destroy by degrees: