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 |
|---|---|
| homespun | spun or made at home |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |