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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conventionalformed by agreement or compact
celibateof, relating to, or characterized by celibacy:
stealtha cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection
resuscitateto revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness
egotismexcessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun
noisomenoxious
ragamuffina ragged often disreputable person
facadethe front of a building
cantoone of the major divisions of a long poem
distractto draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time