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Spell Bee Word: Exult


Basic Details

Word: Exult

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To show or feel great joy, especially because of a success or a win.

Synonyms: rejoice, celebrate, delight, cheer

Antonyms: mourn, grieve, despair

Sounds like: exalt (to praise someone highly or raise them to a higher rank)

How to Spell Exult

Syllables: ex - ult

Tricky part: Exult has no h, though exhaust and exhort do. It also has a u, not an a: exalt is a different word that means to praise highly.

Watch out for: exhult, exullt, egzult

Memory tip: Exult and result share ult, and a good result makes you exult.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The players exulted when the final whistle blew.

Example 2: Arjun exulted in his first century for the school team.

Example 3: The villagers exulted as the first monsoon showers hit the dry fields.

Fun Fact

Exult comes from the Latin exsultare, to leap up, built on saltare, to jump, so to exult first meant to jump for joy.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word exult as used in the sentence:

The students exult whenever the principal announces a surprise holiday.

a) worry
b) argue
c) complain
d) rejoice

Show answer

d) rejoice. To rejoice is to feel or show great joy, the same as exulting.

Mingle-Mangle

Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:

The climbers began to luxte as they reached the summit of Kanchenjunga.

a) exult
b) expel
c) exalt
d) exile

Show answer

a) exult. Exalt has an a where the jumble has a u, and exile and expel need an i or a p.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

exhult

a) u
b) x
c) h
d) l

Show answer

c) h. Unlike exhort and exhaust, exult has no h after the x.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Exalt sounds like exult. To exalt someone means to ____.

a) shout at them
b) praise them highly
c) jump for joy
d) leave them

Show answer

b) praise them highly

2. Which feeling makes people exult?

a) shame
b) fear
c) boredom
d) triumph

Show answer

d) triumph

Associated Words

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