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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vertigoa sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
gesticulationthe act of making gestures
asceticpracticing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline
narrativesomething that is narrated : story
temporalof or relating to time as opposed to eternity
perorationthe concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration
ravelto become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray
discombobulatedcharacterized by confusion or disorder
symbiosisthe living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism)