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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| prattle | prate |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |