With just seconds remaining on the clock, your teammate passes you the ball. It is the championship game, and the score is tied. All eyes are on you. An image of Michael Jordan, your basketball idol, flashes before you. Who better to inspire you than someone who scored an amazing 32,292 points in regular-season games throughout his career? You feel a surge of adrenaline and shoot the ball in the air. It “swishes” perfectly through the net as the buzzer sounds the end of the game. You win the game for your team! Not surprisingly, you feel ineffable (see definition and hear pronunciation below) joy.
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INEFFABLE: Indescribable, cannot be expressed in speech.
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