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 |
|---|---|
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| opulence | wealth |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| denomination | an act of denominating |