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 |
|---|---|
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| grate | grating |
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| convene | to come together in a body |