GRE Word List

SYCOPHANT

a servile self-seeking flatterer

The meaning of the word sycophant is a servile self-seeking flatterer.

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scrupuloushaving moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper
alimonyan allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce
despondentfeeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression
correlationthe state or relation of being correlated
construeto analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part)
hoaxto trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous
traverseto go or travel across or over
oligarchygovernment by the few
gruffrough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect
misadventuremisfortune