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Obsequious Adj Slavishly Attentive Servile Fawning Sycophantic Waiters

Word obsequious
Part of Speech ADJ.
Definition slavishly attentive; servile; fawning; sycophantic.
Sentence Why are some waiters in fancy restaurants so obsequious?  What makes them think diners want to have people fawning all over them?

Tags: psat

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