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SAT Vocab 15
Humility and Obedience
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Compliant | Yielding, submissive |
| Fawning | Gaining favor by acting overly kind or by flattery |
| Obsequious | Obeying or performing a service for someone in an overly attentive manner |
| Servile | Slave-like; very humble and submissive |
| Slavish | Slave-like; overly humble; involving very hard work |
| Submissive | Voluntarily obeying another; humble |
| Subordinate | Inferior; lower in rank or status |
| Subservient | Obedient; obsequious |
| Sycophant | A self-server who tries to gain the favor of others through the use of flattery or by being overattentive |
| Toady | A flatterer; a sycophant |