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 |
|---|---|
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |