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 |
|---|---|
| impoverish | to make poor |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| itinerary | the route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |