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 |
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fluted | having or marked by grooves |
mischance | bad luck |
refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
treasure | wealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded |
macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |