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 |
|---|---|
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| 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 |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |
| opulence | wealth |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |