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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| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| queasy | causing nausea |
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| calorific | caloric |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
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| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
