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 |
|---|---|
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| limp | to walk lamely |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |