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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| convention | agreement |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |