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 |
|---|---|
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| delineate | to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail |
| liability | the quality or state of being liable |
| sibling | sib |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |