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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afflictiona cause of persistent pain or distress
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masticateto grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew
oddsthe probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances
collationa light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper
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realmkingdom
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disperseto cause to break up (see break up
infiltrateto enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes