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Toady GRE Vocabulary Flashcard

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 surrounded by a crowd of sycophants and toadies, yet he’s too dumb to figure it out.

Adjective: toadyish

Noun: toadyism


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