GRE vocabulary
grovel
to behave with abject humility in order to please someone
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Questions about “grovel”
Grovel (verb) means to behave with abject humility in order to please someone
Here is grovel used in an example sentence: "He refused to grovel before the committee, even though flattery might have saved his job."
Common synonyms for grovel include fawn, cringe, kowtow, toady.
Antonyms of grovel include dominate, lord it over.
Grovel is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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