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Sam Showers Hour 3 SERV: to serve; to keep

Subservient: ready to obey media type="youtube" key="2IHGe9HPcc8" height="344" width="425" This dog is being extremely subservient. Not only is it obeying its master's commands, but it then yields to whatever the judges want it to do. However, it does not not aquiesce to everything, like when the judge asks it a state capitol. I think it's still an interesting display of subservience, considering a dog can solve problems that some human kids have problems with.

Servile: slavelike; overly obedient media type="youtube" key="WKNcy79Cs7Q" height="344" width="425" These kids are acting servile in their fun little game of Simon Says. They give up their right to act on their own behalf and completely obey the commands of the "Simon." Even if they think it is ridiculous, like putting their hand on their armpits or getting tangled up like they're playing twister, they still do it because the Simon tells them to.

Reserved: timid and withdrawn media type="youtube" key="NVNU5jkOwzU" height="295" width="480" This scene in //All the President's Men// depicts the man nicknamed "Deep Throat" telling the reporter valuable information about the Watergate scandal. The man is reserved because it is very secret information and ,since he is a top government official, he cannot have his identity be compromised.