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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servileof or befitting a menial position
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saturateto satisfy fully : satiate
connotationsomething suggested by a word or thing : implication