ex·hil·a·rate 
(ĭg-zĭlə-rāt′)
(ĭg-zĭlə-rāt′)tr.v. ex·hil·a·rat·ed, ex·hil·a·rat·ing, ex·hil·a·rates
1. To cause to feel happily refreshed and energetic; elate: We were exhilarated by the cool, pine-scented air.
2. To invigorate; stimulate: bold designs that exhilarate the viewer's imagination.
[Latin exhilarāre, exhilarāt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see EX- + hilarāre, to make cheerful (from hilaris, hilarus, cheerful, from Greek hilaros).]
ex·hila·ra′tive adj.
ex·hila·ra′tor n.