How do you pronounce Survile?
How do you pronounce serville?
Is it pronounce or Pronunciate?
The correct verb in English is pronounce, not pronunciate. An articulate and well-educated fluent English speaker who used pronunciate as a verb might be assumed to be making a joke.
What is servile status?
1 : of or befitting a menial position. 2 : meanly or cravenly submissive : abject.
What does cringe mean?
English Language Learners Definition of cringe
: to feel disgust or embarrassment and often to show this feeling by a movement of your face or body. : to make a sudden movement from fear of being hit or hurt.
What is a servile person?
Servile, menial, obsequious, slavish characterize one who behaves like a slave or an inferior. Servile suggests cringing, fawning, and abject submission: servile responses to questions.
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