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…
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…
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…
Obedient Obedient (adj) /əʊˈbiː.di.ənt/ US /oʊ-/ willing to obey, submitting to someone’s authority, submissive docile, compliant, dutiful, respectful My twins are not alike at all. One of them is quite obedient, while the other is rather a maverick. Antonym: disobedient Verb: obey Noun: obedience Adverb: obediently