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 |
|---|---|
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |