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 |
|---|---|
| hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |