Lackey definition and meaning in context with images and visuals /ˈlæk.i/ (noun & verb) Definition of lackey an obedient follower who is extremely willing to obey another person’s orders unconditionally, an obsequious or servile person, bureaucrat, flunkey, minion, doormat, flatterer, subordinate, toady, puppet, sycophant, pawn, yes man a male or man servant, manservant to lackey:…
The Lion The Fox and the Stag is one of the best Aesop’s fables with vocabulary list and video for ESL students. Improve your English vocabulary and enjoy English literature at the same time. Source of short story: Gutenberg Project Video of The Lion The Fox and the Stag Watch this video on YouTube The…
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…
Unctuous 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 2 Unctuous 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 2 /ˈʌŋk.tju.əs/ (adj) showing insincere praise, excessively flattering or ingratiating, obsequious, sycophantic, servile, groveling, fawning, oily or greasy, fatty, slippery Where is Mr Slowcake? Why will he not show himself? Is he too good to rub shoulders with…
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…
Fulsome 1100 Words You Need Fulsome 1100 Words You Need /ˈfʊls(ə)m/ (adj) excessive, too extreme, insincere, excessively complimentary, flattering, immoderate, sycophantic, obsequious, lavish, overgenerous, fawning Fulsome has a useful meaning as insincerely gushing, cloying and annoyingly excessive. I’ve written here in the past that this meaning is under siege. Now I’d say it’s on life…
Obsequious 1100 Words You Need Obsequious 1100 Words You Need /əbˈsiːkwɪəs/ (adj) extremely eager to please or obey others, submissive, obedient, servile, seeking favor, fawning, sycophantic, flattering, compliant, deferential There is a difference between being self-disciplined and being obedient or obsequious. The intent of completing an act varies from a self-disciplined child and one who…