Friday, September 21, 2012

rapt

(adj.): deeply engrossed or absorbed

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  1. Recently, Ella became rapt with gardening; she planted her garden with flowers of all kinds.

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    1. Recently, Ella has become enraptured with gardening; she has planted her garden with flowers of all kinds.

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  2. He is very patient, and he listened to the speaker with rapt attention.

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  3. Synonym: preoccupied
    Preoccupied is a synonym since it means to be absorbed in thought.

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  4. Synonym: concentrated
    Concentrate is a synonym as it refers to: so interested in one particular thing that you are not aware of anything else, similar to rapt

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  5. Synonym: ecstatic
    Ecstatic is a synonym because it means in a trancelike state of great rapture or delight.

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  6. Lying on my back, I grew rapt as I watched all the cars that went by.

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  7. She is rapt in her business and job.

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  8. In class, the more the teacher talked, the less rapt I was.

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  9. Alternative Definition: Completely fascinated by what one's seeing or hearing.

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  10. She was rapt on the TV show that she didn't hear her mother yelling at her.

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    1. She was so enraptured by the TV show that she didn't hear her mother yelling at her.

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  11. Sentence: Her love for romance novels is so great that once she starts one, she will be rapted in it entirely.

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    1. Her love for romance novels is so great that once she starts one, she will be completely enraptured by it.

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  12. She's so rapt in Justin Bieber that she even dreamed about being married to him.

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    1. She's so enraptured by Justin Bieber that she even dreamed about being married to him.

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  13. She was so rapt in her novel that she didn't notice the crowd of students thinning until the bell rang.

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    1. She was so enraptured by her novel that she didn't notice the crowd of students thinning until the bell rang.

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  14. Her rapt attention in class led to her catching quirky facts that she would have otherwise missed.

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  15. Helen watched Spongebob with rapt attention.

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  16. The scene from the recent play was deeply rapt into her mind.

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    1. The scene from the recent play had enraptured her.

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  17. The rapturous opening of the show grabbed the crowd's attention right away.

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  18. Example: Director James Cameron visited the Titanic with rapt obsession.

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