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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| lunar | crescent |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| concur | to express agreement |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |