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”…
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…
Deference GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈdef.ər.əns/ (noun) politeness and respect, courtesy, veneration, submissiveness, reverence, obeisance, obsequiousness, submission, admiration, honor, esteem, homage, regard Treating a person with respect and deference versus treating that person with dignity are not exactly the same, and there is an important distinction. Respect acknowledges the behavior while dignity teaches the importance of…
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…
Subservient 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 2 Subservient 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 2 /səbˈsɜː.vi.ənt/ (adj) willing to do what other people want, sycophantic, fawning, ready to obey others unconditionally, obsequious, servile, submissive, compliant, docile, passive, unassertive, subordinate, less important, meek The touching of the feet is similar to aarteing (in…
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…