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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vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |