grovel

Day 24Level 1

GRAH-vuhl

humble oneself

to humble oneself; crawl

Part of Speech: verb

Synonyms:

fawn, truckle, pander

Antonyms:

boast

Example Sentence:

A superior memory and an ability to grovel before super-rich clients and bosses are the keys to his success.

Related Words

endure, remain

uh-BAHYD

to endure; to remain

hostility

aan-TIH-puh-thee

hostility; a strong feeling of dislike

contradict

bih-LYE

to give a false impression of ; to misrepresent

blunt

bruhsk

rough and abrupt in manner

frank

KAAN-did

frank; honest in speech

council

KAW-kuhs

a group of people of similar interests in an organization