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 |
|---|---|
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| hortatory | hortative |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |