The Lion and the Shepherd from Aesop’s fables with vocabulary practice and podcast to improve reading and listening comprehension and enjoy English literature at the same time. Source of story: Gutenberg Project at www.gutenberg.org The Lion and the Shepherd A lion, roaming through a forest, trod upon a thorn. Soon afterward he came up to a…
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…
Fawn GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /fɔːn/ (adj, noun & verb) Verb: to grovel, pander, flatter, bootlick, butter up, ingratiate oneself with, be obsequious to, toady, curry favor with, kowtow, be sycophantic to Noun: a young deer Adjective: a pale yellowish brown color “There’s a personal cost to ingratiating yourself with your boss, or fawning over him”…
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…
Ingratiate GRE Vocabulary Flashcard Ingratiate GRE Vocabulary Flashcard / ɪnɡreɪʃieɪt/ (verb) to try very hard to get someone’s approval – used to show disapproval, flatter, curry favor, suck up, insinuate yourself, toady, crawl, grovel, get in with, cozy up: His policy is to ingratiate himself with anyone who might be useful to him. antonym: alienate…