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 |
|---|---|
| decipher | decode |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |