Tuesday, February 23, 2010

[Word Powers] Today's Words

Hallowed (hal-od) (Adj):

 

1)            Sacrosanct, highly venerated, regarded as sacred, blessed

 

After his exams ended, he went on a pilgrimage to the hallowed city of Mecca.

 

 

Rapture (rap-cher) (Noun):

 

1)            Ecstatic joy or delight, bliss, exaltation

 

Morphine, the commonly used analgesic, can induce a state of psychedelic rapture in an individual for a short duration.

 

2)            The carrying of a person to another place or sphere of existence, especially to heaven

 

Saints are believed to undergo a divine rapture after their physical body dies.

 

               



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