Vocab-ability–212 (serv = serve, keep) – A More Powerful Vocabulary (earn UpVotes with “Vocab Practice” exercise)
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MY VOCAB PRACTICE:
The desert travellers tried to conserve water.
"You deserve to be punished," the teacher said to the truants.
He forgot to reserve a table at the restaurant for their anniversary.
Salt will preserve food and stop it deteriorating.
The peasants were subservient to the king.
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He tried to conserve his energy by not running too fast, so that he could finish the marathon.
"I have delivered on all my targets this year and I deserve a promotion", she told her boss.
He decided to reserve a seat on the train in advance.
She decided to preserve the fruit by making jam with it.
The prisoners adopted a servile manner to the guard.
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You can use the refrigerator to conserve food items
One good turn deserves another
The manager reserves the right to hire or fire staff.
Let us try to preserve the little peace we have been able to create
I have a servile dog.
Children are meant to be subservient to their parents
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Conserving energy is the responsible thing to do and it will please Mother.
Some humans don’t deserve to live on this Earth and shall one day be punished!
It’s a waste of space for people to reserve space in the ground for when they die.
In the future, we'll be able to preserve people by freezing them in space.
Sooner or later, we will have to be servile to the needs of Mother Nature.
Gaea will one day make all people her subservient beings.
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The environmentalists were trying to conserve unique species in the habitat.
He didn't deserve to win the election.
The banks were told to increase their reserve ratios.
She tried to preserve her skin by moisturing regularly.
Charles Dicken's character Uriah Heep epitomised the character of a creepy servile employee.
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Your "hobby" was work in my childhood home. My mother in particular spent hours preserving various fruits.
However, even tho it was not her "hobby, she said that it was a task that she loved. :-)
This is actually great to know, @majes.tytyty! 😄
MY VOCAB PRACTICE
You can conserve energy but turning off the lights when you leave the house
I deserve a pat on my back for doing the dishes.
She said she'll reserve the best guys for me
We either preserve the environment or we exploit it's resources.
She is a servile wife
Most house helps are subservient
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MY VOCAB PRACTICE.
I conserve your picture.
Don't deserve to truly people's.
He is very reserved boy.
A solider preserve the border.
Her behaviour servile to a little girl.
He gone subserviently to his office.
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Subservient:
It was found out that the subservient maid was the one who poisoned the drink.
Conserve:
Is the earth worse conserving?
Deserve:
Some people got back to their abusers because they feel they deserve the abuse.
Reserve:
Trump thinks he reserves the right to make up anything he wants and get away with it.
Servile:
Take your servile woman out of my site before I make her mine, Kritch.
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I believe #2 is not a rhetorical question. And the answer is ... not really.