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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |