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 |
|---|---|
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |