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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| adorn | to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |