GRE Word List
ECSTASY
rapture; very strong feeling of joy and happiness; any overpowering emotion; ADJ. ecstatic: causing or experiencing ecstasy
The meaning of the word ecstasy is rapture; very strong feeling of joy and happiness; any overpowering emotion; ADJ. ecstatic: causing or experiencing ecstasy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exuberance | overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness; ADJ. exuberant: high-spirited and lively; growing abundantly and strongly |
| nectar | drink of the gods; sweet liquid collected by bees |
| frantic | wild; distraught as from fear or worry; Ex. frantic with fear |
| tumult | commotion of a great crowd; riot; noise; uproar; ADJ. tumultuous: noisy and disorderly |
| stratum | layer of earth's surface; layer of society; PL. strata |
| remit | transmit (money) in payment; free someone from a debt or punishment |
| fallacious | false; based on a fallacy; misleading; N. fallacy: false idea or notion; false reasoning; Ex. popular fallacy; Ex. fallacy of the argument |
| shirk | avoid (responsibility, work, etc.); malinger |
| malleable | (of a metal) capable of being shaped by pounding(beating); pliable; (of someone) impressionable(easily influenced); easily controlled; tractable |
| convert | one who has adopted a different religion or opinion; V: change into another form; (persuade to) adopt a particular religion or belief |