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 |
|---|---|
| franchise | the right or license granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory |
| resign | relegate |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| transport | to transfer or convey from one place to another |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| fiend | devil |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |