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 |
|---|---|
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| equinox | either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |
| haggard | not tamed |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |