Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the word closest in meaning to the key word.

SYCOPHANT

  1. Suppliant

  2. Follower

  3. Flatterer

  4. Admirer
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Explanation

Sycophant refers to a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage - a servile flatterer or self-seeking person. Flatterer is the closest synonym - someone who excessively praises others, often insincerely. The other options (suppliant, follower, admirer) don't capture the manipulative, insincere nature of sycophancy.

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