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 |
|---|---|
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |