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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| raconteur | a person who excels in telling anecdotes |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
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| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
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