Grovel GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈgrɒv.əl/ (verb) to behave in a servile manner, fawn, bootlick, cringe, demean yourself, be obsequious, toady, humble yourself, curry favor with, prostrate oneself, flatter, kowtow, kneel – to creep or crawl, to move while your body is close to attached to the ground, crouch, stoop The term ingratiation refers to behaviors…
Sycophant GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈsɪk.ə.fænt/ (noun) Definition a person who praises or flatters other people usually in authority for personal gain, fawning flatterer, bootlicker, fawner, toady, yes man, lickspittle Example The relationships we build with others are important. They provide us with perspective, and they also provide support, love, and comfort. These relationships bring a…
Toady GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈtəʊ.di/ (noun & verb) Noun: a sycophantic person who flatters people in authority or power to get some advantage from them, servile person, sycophant, yes-man, groveler, flatterer, crawler, fawner, apple-polisher Verb: to ingratiate oneself with, grovel to, flatter, butter someone up, curry favor with, be obsequious, kowtow The company manager is…
Curry 1100 Words You Need Week 41 Day 1 Curry 1100 Words You Need Week 41 Day 1 /ˈkʌr.i/ US /ˈkɝː-/ (noun & verb) to seek favor by flattery, praise someone excessively, butter up, ingratiate, ingratiate yourself, cozy up, get in good with, play up to, grovel, to clean and brush a horse with a…
Servile 1100 Words You Need Week 37 Day 1 Servile 1100 Words You Need Week 37 Day 1 /ˈsɜː.vaɪl/ US /ˈsɝː.vəl/ (adj) too eager to serve and please other people unreasonably, obsequious, sycophantic, subservient, fawning, ingratiating, groveling, toadyish, slavish, bootlicking, apple polishing, submissive, flattering Really, this is the shape of the argument. Actually, it’s not…
Apple Polishing 1100 Words Apple Polishing 1100 Words seeking someone’s favor by flattery or gifts, ass-kissing, backscratching, brown-nosing, cringing, fawning, groveling, handshaking, ingratiation, insinuation, obeisance, obsequiousness, parasitism, prostration, sponging, sycophancy, timeserving, toadying, toadyism, truckling “If apple polishing the shrewd professor has got you where you are today, how much more simple to apple polish a…