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 |
|---|---|
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| decipher | decode |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |