Increase your vocabulary with Five new words on Friday

Just for fun, and maybe to stretch our brains a little - Do you want to play?

See if you know these words:

Inimical
Ingratiate
Sycophant
Sybarite
Tome



I'll give you some hints:

Tome is used as a noun and pronounced tohm
Syabrite is also a noun and pronounced sih buh riet
Sycophant is also a noun and pronounced sih kuh fuhnt
Ingratiate is used as a verg and pronounced ihn gray shee ayt
Inimical is used as an adjective and pronounced ih nihm ih kuhl

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More clues?

Synonyms of tome are codex or volume
Synonyms of Sybarite are hedonist or sensualist
Synonyms of Inimical are adverse, antagonistic, dissident, and recalcitrant (all also good words to know)
Synonyms of Sycophant are bootlicker, fawner, toady, and ....Are you ready for it? lickspittle (there's another great word to look up)
Synonyms of Ingratiate are curry favor or flatter

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Are you ready to find out?

A tome is a book that is usually large and very academic.
To ingratiate is to gain favor with another by deliberate effort or to seek to please somebody so as to gain an advantage.
Sycophant is a self-serving flatterer or a yes man.
Inimical is to be hostile or unfriendly
A syabrite is a person devoted to pleasure and luxury

There you have it 5 vocabulary words on a Friday!

If you like this, I can do it every Friday. Let me know in the comments.