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 |
|---|---|
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |