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 |
|---|---|
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| unsavory | insipid |