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servile(adjective, mean, gentle, low, inferior)
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side(noun, adjective, minor, secondary, indirect)
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supplementary(adjective, support, useful, minor, helpful)
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adjunct(noun, help, aid, associate, addition)
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associate(noun, verb, adjective, help, aid)
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beneath(adjective, preposition, inferior, under, underneath)
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common(mean, lower, gentle, low, inferior)
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extra(noun, adjective, support, spare, inferior)
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flunky(noun, adjective, person, associate, useful)
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hireling(noun, assistant, junior, underling)
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lackey(noun, help, inferior, supporter, fan)
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obedient(adjective, low, inferior, sensitive, apt)
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serf(noun, person, inferior, assistant, junior)
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smaller(adjective, light, slight, lower, low)
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supportive(adjective, spare, collateral, subsidiary, subservient)
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tributary(noun, adjective, lower, inferior, subject)
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unimportant(adjective, light, slight, lower, low)
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vassal(noun, junior, servant, underling, server)
5
enslaved(adjective, subject, sensitive, apt, secondary)
5
feudal(adjective, subjection, servile)
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