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 |
|---|---|
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |