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::: subservient - behaving like a slave; servile; obsequious; subordinate; N. subservience
::: yield - amount produced; crop; income on investment; profit obtained from an investment; V: produce; give in; surrender
::: codify - arrange (laws or rules) as a code; classify; N. code: system of words used instead of ordinary writing; collection of laws, rules, established social customs
::: synchronous - similarly timed; simultaneous with; occurring at the same time; V. synchronize
::: conformist - person who uncritically conforms to the customs of a group; OP. nonconformist: one who does not conform to accepted beliefs of norms
::: fester - rankle; produce irritation or resentment; (of a cut or wound) generate pus or rot; Ex. His insult festered in my mind for days.
::: advocacy - support; active pleading on behalf of someone or something
::: substantive - substantial; essential; pertaining to the substance; substantial; considerable; Ex. substantive issues
::: incarcerate - imprison
::: perspicuous - (of something) plainly expressed; easy to understand; Ex. perspicuous comments