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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incapacitateto deprive of capacity or natural power : disable
complaisantmarked by an inclination to please or oblige
abbreviateto make briefer
grudgingunwilling
distraitapprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted
igniteto set afire
fumbleto grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly
concavehollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl
swarma great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere
partisana firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person