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 |
|---|---|
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| transport | to transfer or convey from one place to another |
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |