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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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applicationan act of applying:
jaundiceyellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments
callowlacking adult sophistication : immature
satiricalof, relating to, or constituting satire
propsomething that props or sustains : support
hibernateto pass the winter in a torpid or resting state
demeritoffense
pitha usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage
crypta chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground
syntheticrelating to or involving synthesis : not analytic