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 |
|---|---|
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| hirsute | hairy |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |