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adoration

/ˌæ.dəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

Meanings
noun
An act of religious worship.

Examples :

"The devout student offered adoration to the statue of Saint Jude, hoping for success in her exams. "
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Related Words

Illustration fascination

fascination noun

/fæsɪˈneɪʃən/

The act of bewitching, or enchanting

"The magician's incredible card tricks held the audience in complete fascination. "

Illustration admiration

admiration noun

/ˌæd.mɚˈeɪʃ.ən/

A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful

"They looked at the landscape in admiration."

Illustration declaration

declaration noun

/ˌdɛkləˈɹeɪʃən/

A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief.

"The student's declaration that she was ready for the exam was a relief to her parents. "

Illustration assembled

assembled verb

/əˈsɛmbl̩d/

To put together.

"He assembled the model ship."

Illustration particular

particular noun

/pəˈtɪkjələ/ /pəˈtɪkjəlɚ/

A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.

"The teacher pointed out a particular detail in the math problem that several students missed. "

Illustration selection

selection noun

/səˈlɛkʃən/

A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favourable traits tend to become eliminated; the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes.

"The selection process for the school's scholarship program favored students with high academic achievement. "

Illustration forbidden

forbidden verb

/fɝˈbɪdən/

To disallow; to proscribe.

"Smoking in the restaurant is forbidden."

Illustration spontaneous

spontaneous adjective

/spɒnˈteɪ.ni.əs/ /spɑnˈteɪ.ni.əs/

Self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause.

"He made a spontaneous offer of help."

Illustration excitedly

excitedly adverb

/ɪkˈsaɪtɪdlɪ/ /ekˈsaɪtɪdlɪ/

In an excited manner.

"The children excitedly opened their birthday presents. "

Illustration acclamation

acclamation noun

/æk.lə.ˈmeɪ.ʃən/

A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause.

"The speaker received a warm acclamation from the audience after her inspiring speech. "

Illustration religious

religious noun

/ɹɪ.ˈlɪ.d͡ʒəs/

A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun.

"The religious devoted much of their time to prayer and meditation. "

Illustration unanimous

unanimous adjective

/juːˈnanɪməs/ /juˈnænəməs/

Based on unanimity, assent or agreement.

"The debate went on for hours, but in the end the decision was unanimous."