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 |
|---|---|
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| potpourri | a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |