GRE Word List

RAPTURE

an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion

The meaning of the word rapture is an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion.

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blackballto vote against
adjournto suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time
orgysecret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing
homelysuggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home
deifyto make a god of
pragmaticrelating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic
polemican aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another
dolorouscausing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief
genusa class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic
impietythe quality or state of being impious : irreverence