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 |
|---|---|
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| quisling | traitor |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| cow | the mature female of cattle (genus Bos) |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |