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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WordMeaning
pernicioushighly injurious or destructive : deadly
matineea musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
swathea band used in swathing
impingeencroach
tiradea protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language
effectiveproducing a decided, decisive, or desired effect
parameteran arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves)
cannyclever
wrinklea small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease