GRE Word List

ADULATION

extreme or excessive admiration or flattery

The meaning of the word adulation is extreme or excessive admiration or flattery.

Random words

WordMeaning
gadflyany of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock
barristera counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor
flicka light sharp jerky stroke or movement
vivisectionthe cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation
piecemealone piece at a time : gradually
metersystematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm
riddlea mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
resuscitateto revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness
clapperone that claps: such as
nebulousof, relating to, or resembling a nebula : nebular