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 |
|---|---|
| application | an act of applying: |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| satirical | of, relating to, or constituting satire |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| demerit | offense |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |