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 |
|---|---|
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |