SAT Word of the Day: sycophant

February 27, 2010 by  
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sycophant (n.)

From Dictionary.com:

a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.

In a sentence:

“Although he publicly praised the president of his fan club, the celebrity secretly felt his admirer was little more than a sycophant.”

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