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The Miller His Son and The Donkey from Aesop

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The miller his son and the donkey is one of Aesop’s fables optimized here for learning English with stories and improving vocabulary in real context. Source of story: Gutenberg Project at www.gutenberg.org The Miller His Son and the Donkey A miller and his son were driving their donkey to a neighboring fair to sell him. They…

Complaisant 601 Words You Need to Know

Complaisant 601 Words You Need to Know at LELB Society

Complaisant 601 Words You Need to Know /kəmˈpleɪ.zənt/ (adj) Definition tending to please others through politeness and submissiveness, accommodating, acquiescent, supportive, willing, obliging, docile, cooperative, obedient, compliant Example Both complacent and complaisant descend from Latin complacere, “to please, to be pleasant,” but they have acquired different meanings in English. Complacent (adjective): feeling or showing pleasure…

Deference GRE Vocabulary Flashcard

Deference GRE Vocabulary Flashcard at LELB Society

Deference GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈdef.ər.əns/ (noun) politeness and respect, courtesy, veneration, submissiveness, reverence, obeisance, obsequiousness, submission, admiration, honor, esteem, homage, regard Treating a person with respect and deference versus treating that person with dignity are not exactly the same, and there is an important distinction. Respect acknowledges the behavior while dignity teaches the importance of…

Subservient 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 2

Subservient 1100 words you need to know week 43 day 2 at LELB Society for GRE, TOEFL & IELTS

Subservient 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 2 Subservient 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 2 /səbˈsɜː.vi.ənt/ (adj) willing to do what other people want, sycophantic, fawning, ready to obey others unconditionally, obsequious, servile, submissive, compliant, docile, passive, unassertive, subordinate, less important, meek The touching of the feet is similar to aarteing (in…

Servile 1100 Words You Need Week 37 Day 1

Servile 1100 Words You Need Week 37 Day 1 Servile 1100 Words You Need Week 37 Day 1 /ˈsɜː.vaɪl/ US /ˈsɝː.vəl/ (adj) too eager to serve and please other people unreasonably, obsequious, sycophantic, subservient, fawning, ingratiating, groveling, toadyish, slavish, bootlicking, apple polishing, submissive, flattering Really, this is the shape of the argument. Actually, it’s not…

Obedient – English Flashcard for Obedient for IELTS

Obedient - English Flashcard for Obedient - LELB Society

Obedient Obedient (adj) /əʊˈbiː.di.ənt/ US /oʊ-/ willing to obey, submitting to someone’s authority, submissive docile, compliant, dutiful, respectful My twins are not alike at all. One of them is quite obedient, while the other is rather a maverick. Antonym: disobedient Verb: obey Noun: obedience Adverb: obediently