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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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
| schism | division |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |