GRE Word List
ADULATION
extreme or excessive admiration or flattery
The meaning of the word adulation is extreme or excessive admiration or flattery.
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| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| deify | to make a god of |
| seasonal | of, relating to, or varying in occurrence according to the season |
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| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
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