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101Clarke, (Sir) Arthur C(harles) — (1917– ) The author of the screenplay (with STANLEY KUBRICK) and novel, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968), Arthur C. Clarke is now regarded as one of the most important SCIENCE FICTION authors of the 20th century. Very early in life, Clarke… …
102obsequious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. abject, fawning, sycophantic, cringing, servile, truckling, compliant. See servility, respect. Ant., dominant. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. docile, submissive, cringing, slavish, sycophantic,… …
103servility — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Obsequiousness Nouns 1. servility, obsequiousness, subserviency; abasement (see humility); prostration, genuflection; fawning, ingratiation; tuft hunting, timeserving, flunkyism; sycophancy, flattery.… …
104bloodsucking — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Of or characteristic of a parasite: parasitic, parasitical. Slang: freeloading. See DEPENDENCE …
105freeloading — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Slang. Of or characteristic of a parasite: bloodsucking, parasitic, parasitical. See DEPENDENCE …
106parasitic — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Of or characteristic of a parasite: bloodsucking, parasitical. Slang: freeloading. See DEPENDENCE …
107Servility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Servility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 servility servility Sgm: N 1 slavery slavery &c.(subjection) 749 Sgm: N 1 obsequiousness obsequiousness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 subserviency subserviency Sgm: N 1 abasement …
108bot — (n.) in Internet sense, c.2000, short for ROBOT (Cf. robot). Its modern use has curious affinities with earlier uses, e.g. parasitical worm or maggot (1520s), of unknown origin; and Australian N.Z. slang worthless, troublesome person (World War I …
109parasite — (n.) 1530s, a hanger on, a toady, person who lives on others, from M.Fr. parasite, from L. parasitus, from Gk. parasitos person who eats at the table of another, from noun use of an adjective meaning feeding beside, from para beside (see PARA (Cf …
110parasitic — [[t]pæ̱rəsɪ̱tɪk[/t]] also parasitical 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n Parasitic diseases are caused by parasites. Will global warming mean the spread of tropical parasitic diseases? 2) ADJ: usu ADJ n Parasitic animals and plants live on or inside larger… …
