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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|---|---|
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| refrain | curb |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| psyche | a princess loved by Cupid |