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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WordMeaning
tumidmarked by swelling : swollen
guffawa loud or boisterous burst of laughter
abnegationdenial
cloistera monastic establishment
inebriateone who is drunk
labyrintha place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys
annexto attach as a quality, consequence, or condition
sycophanta servile self-seeking flatterer
histrionicdeliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical
homagea feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord