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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clipencompass
tactfulhaving or showing tact
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truncateto shorten by or as if by cutting off
minusculevery small
rigorharsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity
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