exhilaration

Definition of exhilaration

Nouns

the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
Synonyms:
excitement
Types:
bang, boot, charge, flush, kick, rush, thrill
the swift release of a store of affective force
intoxication
excitement and elation beyond the bounds of sobriety
titillation
a tingling feeling of excitement (as from teasing or tickling)
Type of:
joy, joyfulness, joyousness
the emotion of great happiness

Vocabulary Lists for exhilaration

Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Chapters 16-24 »(619 words)
Vocabulary study list for Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The...
  • estranged
  • scaffold
  • gesticulate
  • pillory
  • stigma

Katherine Paterson's "Bridge to Terabithia" »(197 words)
Vocabulary study list for Katherine Paterson's "Bridge...
  • giggle
  • snicker
  • huddle
  • garble
  • grove

William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" Chapters 1-6 »(194 words)
Vocabulary study list for William Golding's "Lord of...
  • scavenge
  • immure
  • gesticulate
  • efflorescence
  • uncommunicative

Edith Warton's Ethan Frome »(2499 words)
Vocabulary study list from Edith Warton's "Ethan Frome"
  • Hale
  • German ivy
  • matt
  • sleigh
  • flats

Words I didn't know »(427 words)
Taken from the following poems, each of which I love:...
  • acrid
  • acute
  • affix
  • air
  • ala

Robert Cormier's "The Chocolate War" »(510 words)
Vocabulary study list for Robert Cormier's "The...
  • accessory
  • acne
  • admiration
  • admission
  • adulation

William Golding's Lord of the Flies »(431 words)
An excellent list of Lord of the Flies Vocabulary...
  • piggy
  • conch
  • lagoon
  • night-sight
  • fledge

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