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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |