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- pronunciation:
- raep
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- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition: |
great happiness, joy, or ecstasy; bliss.
Watching the ballet filled us with rapture.- synonyms:
- bliss, ecstasy, joy
- similar words:
- heaven
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| related words: |
delight, pleasure |
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| derivations: |
rapturous (adj.), rapturously (adv.) |
The word rapture
contains the following parts:
rap
Latin
root
that means seize, carry off by force
  Example words:
-ure
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means act or process of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ure
attaches to Latin verb roots and English verbs.
Example words:
acupuncture, adventure, agriculture, aquaculture, capture, composure, enclosure, exposure, failure, figure, fixture, fracture, lecture, legislature, literature, manufacture, miniature, picture, posture, pressure, procedure, rapture, rupture, Scripture, seizure, structure, texture, torture
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