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 |
|---|---|
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| iridescent | having or exhibiting iridescence |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| hue | overall character or appearance to the mind : complexion |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |