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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| mystic | mystical |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |