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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WordMeaning
expiateto make amends for
yieldto bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation
unintimidatingnot causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating
augmentto make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
dichotomya division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities
emaciatedvery thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness
foliagea representation of leaves, flowers, and branches for architectural ornamentation
definitiveserving to provide a final solution or to end a situation
supererogatoryobserved or performed to an extent not enjoined or required
archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype