It was like a placid mask of servility. an excessive willingness to serve or please others. Her servile nature makes her a wonderful waitress.

She lingered for a few moments, and was garrulous over some detail of the household. excessively talkative, esp. on trivial matters. I sat next to the most garrulous man on the plane, he wouldn't stop talking about his pet squirrel.

in spite of the obsequious protests of Mr. Hubbard...Dorian put his hand to it so as to help them. too eager to help or obey someone important. She's constantly followed by obsequious assistants who will do anything she tells them to.

loving for their mere artificiality those renunciations that men have unwisely called virtue, as much as those natural rebellions that wise men still call sin. the act of giving up once enjoyed or desired. his renunciation of smoking pleased his family

he would think of the ruin he had brought upon his soul with a pity that was all the more poignant because it was purely selfish.having the power to affect the feelings or sympathies. a poignant story of a love affair that ends in tragedy

as by the primitive simplicity of its elements and the eternal pathos of the human tragedy that it sought to symbolize. a quality that evokes pity or sadness.The final scene was an odd mixture of chaos and pathos.

According to the great alchemist, Pierre de Boniface, the diamond rendered a man invisible, and the agate of India made him eloquent. a person who studies or practices alchemy. An alchemist still relies on chemistry to do his job.

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Dorian Gray

Chapter 10 + 11

Term	Definition
Servility	It was like a placid mask of servility. an excessive willingness to serve or please others. Her servile nature makes her a wonderful waitress.
Garrulous	She lingered for a few moments, and was garrulous over some detail of the household. excessively talkative, esp. on trivial matters. I sat next to the most garrulous man on the plane, he wouldn't stop talking about his pet squirrel.
Obsequious	in spite of the obsequious protests of Mr. Hubbard...Dorian put his hand to it so as to help them. too eager to help or obey someone important. She's constantly followed by obsequious assistants who will do anything she tells them to.
Renunciations	loving for their mere artificiality those renunciations that men have unwisely called virtue, as much as those natural rebellions that wise men still call sin. the act of giving up once enjoyed or desired. his renunciation of smoking pleased his family
Poignant	he would think of the ruin he had brought upon his soul with a pity that was all the more poignant because it was purely selfish.having the power to affect the feelings or sympathies. a poignant story of a love affair that ends in tragedy
Pathos	as by the primitive simplicity of its elements and the eternal pathos of the human tragedy that it sought to symbolize. a quality that evokes pity or sadness.The final scene was an odd mixture of chaos and pathos.
Alchemist	According to the great alchemist, Pierre de Boniface, the diamond rendered a man invisible, and the agate of India made him eloquent. a person who studies or practices alchemy. An alchemist still relies on chemistry to do his job.

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