GRE Word List
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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expatriate | banish |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| malediction | curse |