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 |
|---|---|
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| abnegation | denial |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| labyrinth | a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |