Today’s “Word of the Day” is exultation and it is a noun meaning “rejoicing, happiness, pleasure, joy, gladness, delight, jubilation, elation, cheer, glee, euphoria, exhilaration, ecstasy”.
Example Sentence: The road to a medical education in India is anything but smooth. One is not talking about the actual years of study and residency, but of making it to the portals of a decently equipped and staffed college. The competition is fierce. The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test draws 16 lakh candidates for 88,000 MBBS seats, the preparation starts years ahead robbing the aspirants of the joys of childhood, coaching factories such as the ones in Kota proliferate (increase rapidly), tensions mount, deaths by suicide increase, heartbreaks exceed exultation.
This word is present in The Hindu article Changing the jurisprudence of scarcity and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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