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 |
|---|---|
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |