GRE Word List
SYCOPHANT
a servile self-seeking flatterer
The meaning of the word sycophant is a servile self-seeking flatterer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| medley | a musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |