GRE Word List
SYCOPHANT
a servile self-seeking flatterer
The meaning of the word sycophant is a servile self-seeking flatterer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
| colander | a perforated utensil for washing or draining food |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |