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 |
|---|---|
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| compelling | that compels: such as |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |