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Subservient

/səˈbsɜrviənt/
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(adj) Useful in an inferior capacity.

Don't be subservient to your boss.
Sami was very subservient to Layla.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The character in the play was very ____ to his master, never daring to argue or question any order.

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