LESSON 15 : Is There Anything I Can Do For You, Master? Words Relating to Humility and Obedience
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LESSON 15: Is There Anything I Can Do For You, Master?
Words Relating to Humility and Obedience
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Compliant• Mrs. Hayes prefers compliant
students, those who’ll do everything they are told.
• If you comply with the school rules, you won’t get into trouble.
• Rose always complies with Charles’s requests. She never says no.
Adjective
Yielding, submissive
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Fawning• Mike advised me to stop fawning
over Dawn. “She’ll like you just as well even if you don’t overindulge her,” he said.
• Fawning is a form of manipulation to win favors and get what you want from others.
• As a fawning advisor to the Queen, Peters told Her Majesty only what she wanted to hear.
Adjective
Gaining the favor of another by acting overly kind or by using flattery
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Obsequious• Uriah practiced obsequiousness by
always telling others what a privilege it was to be of service to them.
• Some teachers prefer obsequious students who fawn over them.
• Hoping for a big tip, the waiter oozed obsequiousness, constantly flattering me and calling me “sir.”
Adjective
Obeying or performing a service for someone in an overly attentive manner
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Servile• Roy has no right to treat you like a
servile lackey. You are not his slave or valet.
• I hate having a servile job. It’s not in my nature to bow to the whims of others.
• Susan’s servility caused her to cater to everyone’s desires but her own.
Adjective
Slave-like; very humble and submissive
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Slavish• Nicole worked slavishly in the
kitchen preparing dinner for thirty guests.
• Harry followed Sally around, slavishly attending to her every need.
• Don had a slavish sidekick who did the dirty work and devoted himself to Don’s well-being.
Adjective
Slave-like; overly humble; involving very hard work
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Submissive• Lauren was attracted to submissive
friends, people who’d do everything she asked of them.
• Over time, Lenny learned to be less submissive. He actually stood up to George once in a while.
• A recruit has to be submissive to the sergeant or he’s going to get into big trouble.
Adjective
Voluntarily obeying another; humble
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Subordinate• In a sentence, a subordinate
(dependent) clause depends on the main (independent) clause for its meeting.
• The general was accused of insubordination after defying the president’s order.
• For the sake of good discipline, officers are forbidden to fraternize with their subordinate unit members.
Adjective
Inferior; lower in rank or status
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Subservient• In my grandmother’s day, a wife
was expected to be subservient to her husband.
• Ricky asked subserviently, “May I please be excused, sir, for just a minute or two?”
• The apprentice played a subservient role, trying to serve his master in every way.
Adjective
Obedient; obsequious
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Sycophant• The king couldn’t distinguish the
honest advisers from the sycophants who flattered him for personal gain.
• Myron couldn’t get a promotion on his merits, so he got one by being a sycophant to his boss.
• Jason made a sycophantic speech full of praise and flattery for the chairman.
Noun
A self-server who tries to gain the favor of others through the use of flattery or by being over attentive
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Toady• Hoping to win the coach’s favor,
James became the coach’s toady.
• If Mary were less of a toady, she wouldn’t follow the teacher around so much.
• Volunteering to wash the coach’s car shows what a toady Karen has become.
Noun
A flatterer; a sycophant