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 |
|---|---|
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| euphony | pleasing or sweet sound |
| daub | to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| historic | historical |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |