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 |
|---|---|
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| bookish | of or relating to books |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |