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 |
|---|---|
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| vibrant | pulsating with life, vigor, or activity |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
