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 |
|---|---|
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |