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 |
|---|---|
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |