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 |
|---|---|
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| flag | any of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as |
| anomalous | inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular |
| prong | fork |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |