Vocab
subservient (adj.) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end
The officers were taught to be respectful of but not blindly subservient to their superior's wishes.
Literary Terms
FOIL A character who acts as a contrast to another character. In Maxine Hong Kingston’s “The Girl Who Wouldn’t Talk” (Collection 6), the quiet girl who takes refuge in her Chinese family is a foil for the narrator who is aggressively trying to fit into American society.
Usage
irregardless, regardless Irregardless is nonstandard. Use regardless instead.
EXAMPLE
Regardless [not irregardless] of the children’s pleas, their father said they had to go to bed.
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