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 |
|---|---|
| ensconce | shelter |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| lax | loose |
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |