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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WordMeaning
carnalrelating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites
baitto persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks
quizzicalcomically quaint
enigmasomething hard to understand or explain
artfulperformed with or showing art or skill
exemptfree or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
penologya branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders
pedestalthe support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration
discreteconstituting a separate entity : individually distinct