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 |
|---|---|
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| dissolution | the act or process of dissolving: such as |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |