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servility

nounCommon GRE wordMore S words

the condition of excessive willingness to obey or please others abjectly

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Servility in a sentence

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His servility toward the boss bordered on the embarrassing.

Synonyms
subservienceobsequiousnesssycophancysubmissiveness
Antonyms
independencedefiancedignity

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The startup's early growth, impressive as it looked on paper, rested on a blank foundation, for a single lost contract was enough to push the firm to the brink of collapse.

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Servility (noun) means the condition of excessive willingness to obey or please others abjectly
Here is servility used in an example sentence: "His servility toward the boss bordered on the embarrassing."
Common synonyms for servility include subservience, obsequiousness, sycophancy, submissiveness.
Antonyms of servility include independence, defiance, dignity.
Servility is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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