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 |
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affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
realm | kingdom |
unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |