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
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catastrophe | calamity ; disaster |
forte | strong point or special talent in a person's character |
shoddy | made of inferior material; sham; not genuine; inferior; dishonest; Ex. shoddy goods/trick |
corpulent | very fat; N. corpulence |
lubricate | apply a lubricant to; N. lubricant: substance that reduces friction |
impolitic | not wise; not expedient; not politic |
dowdy | untidy (of a woman or clothes); slovenly; dressed in an unattractive way; shabby; CF. unattractive woman |
devout | pious; deeply religious; sincere; earnest; Ex. my devout hope |
slither | slip or slide |
slaughter | killing of animals for food; massacre; V: butcher (animals) for food; kill in large numbers |