obsequious
61behaviour — BE spelling n. 1) to exhibit behaviour (to exhibit strange behaviour) 2) abnormal; asocial; criminal; diplomatic; disciplined; disruptive; inconsiderate; inexcusable; infantile; irrational; model; modest; neurotic; normal; obsequious;… …
62scrape — I n. awkward predicament fight to get into a scrape II v. 1) (D; tr.) to scrape off (to scrape paint off furniture) 2) (D; intr.) to scrape through ( to manage to get through ) (to scrape through a crisis) 3) (N; used with an adjective) (she… …
63humble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lowly, unassuming, modest (see humility); poor, obscure, paltry, mean. v. t. abase, shame, humiliate. See modesty, obscurity, piety. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Meek] Syn. lowly, submissive, gentle,… …
64menial — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. servant, slave, flunky. adj. humble, servile; degrading, mean. See servility. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. common, servile, abject; see humble 1 , 2 . n. Syn. domestic, maid, lackey; see servant . III… …
65fawning — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sniveling, adulatory, flattering; see obsequious . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. servile, sycophantic, deferential, slavish, groveling, subservient, cringing, flattering, *brownnosing, kowtowing, submissive,… …
66Courtesy — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Courtesy >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 courtesy courtesy Sgm: N 1 respect respect &c. 928 Sgm: N 1 good manners good manners good behavior good breeding Sgm: N 1 manners manners Sgm: N 1 politeness …
67execute — [14] The original meaning of execute in English was ‘carry out’, but the sense ‘kill judicially’ had already developed by the end of 203 explain the 15th century (it comes from the notion of ‘carrying out’ a sentence). The word comes via Old… …
68sequence — [14] Sequence is at the centre of a large family of English words that go back ultimately to Latin sequī ‘follow’ (others include consecutive [17], consequence [14], ensue, obsequious [15], persecute [15], prosecute, pursue, second, sect,… …
69obsequy — (n.) late 14c., from O.Fr. obsequie, from M.L. obsequiae, influenced in sense by confusion of L. obsequium compliance (see OBSEQUIOUS (Cf. obsequious)) with exsequiae funeral rites. Now usually in plural, obsequies …
70chamcha — [ tʃʌmtʃə] noun Indian informal an obsequious person. Origin from Bengali and Hindi chamra, cham, lit. skin, hide (perh. from the idea of an obsequious person staying very close to a superior) …
