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 |
|---|---|
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| circlet | a little circle |