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|servile
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|adj. belonging to a class of servants or subordinates; under, beneath in rank
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|from ''servilis'' for "slave"
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root: "serve", as in "to serve"
|from PIE '''''*seruo'''-'' "guardian", which gives us "shepherd", so the shepherd serves the sheep
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|obsequious
|obsequious
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|stout
|stout
|adj. having large or strong body; bulky physique
|adj. having large or strong body; bulky physique
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|from Old French ''estout'' for "brave, fierce, strong"
|from Old French "estout" for "brave, fierce, proud"
|from Old French "estout" for "brave, fierce, proud"
from PIE '''*stel-''' "to put, stand, put in order"  
from PIE '''*stel-''' "to put, stand, put in order"  
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stupefy
== Other words to know ==
 
{| class="wikitable"
despondent
|accrue
 
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lax
|afrobeat
 
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fallacy
|aghast
 
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disingenuous
|amenable
 
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dis- = not
|astute
 
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ingenious
|banal
 
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incipient
|bel- = war
 
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solicitous
|belligerent
 
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fallacy
|callous
 
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aghast
|causal
 
|-
presumptuous
|contentious
 
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repugnant
|cordial
 
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dismal
|daunting
 
|-
etymology
|deciduous
 
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virulent
|delectable
 
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vexing
|deliberately
 
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banal
|despondent
 
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trite
|dis- = not
 
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formidable
|disdain
 
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daunting
|disingenuous
 
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languid
|dismal
 
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stupor
|distraught
 
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lassitude
|dogmatic
 
|-
accrue
|emaciated
 
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sanguine
|etymology
 
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belligerent
|fallacy
 
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bel- = war
|fallacy
 
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contentious
|fiddlehead
 
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haphazard
|formidable
 
|-
mandate
|fortitude
 
|-
fortitude
|fowl
 
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odious
|frailty
 
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tempestuous
|haphazard
 
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subservience
|hiatus
 
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insomnia
|hierarchy
 
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lethargy
|idiosyncrasy
 
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inundation
|impromptu
 
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idiosyncrasy
|incipient
 
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frailty
|ingenious
 
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cordial
|innuendo
 
|-
hiatus
|insomnia
 
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panacea
|inundation
 
|-
innuendo
|languid
 
|-
astute
|lassitude
 
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amenable
|lax
 
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succulent
|lethargy
 
|-
deciduous
|livid
 
|-
tussock
|logic:
 
|-
perennial
|mandate
 
|-
callous
|nonplussed
 
|-
nonplussed
|odious
 
|-
impromptu
|opposite
 
|-
distraught
|panacea
 
|-
dogmatic
|perennial
 
|-
livid
|presumptuous
 
|-
emaciated
|repugnant
 
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delectable
|sanguine
 
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logic:
|solicitous
 
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hierarchy
|stupefy
 
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opposite
|stupor
 
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synonymous  
|subservience
 
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causal
|succulent
 
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fiddlehead
|synonymous
 
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afrobeat
|tempestuous
 
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deliberately
|trite
 
|-
disdain
|tussock
 
|-
fowl
|vexing
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|virulent
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