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 |
|---|---|
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |