GRE Word List
ELATED
marked by high spirits : exultant
The meaning of the word elated is marked by high spirits : exultant.
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| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |