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 |
|---|---|
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| din | a loud continued noise |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |