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 |
|---|---|
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
| bask | to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |