, a. serpentlike, subtle, sinuous, winding, zigzag,
tortuous.

servant, n. dependent, subaltern, subordinate, helper, servitor,
attendant, retainer; domestic, maid, menial, drudge, valet, flunky, groom,
coistril, lackey, underling, fag, coolie, butler, factotum, orderly,
soubrette, equerry.

serve, v. attend, wait upon; promote, advance, contribute, conduce
to; subserve; treat, requite; satisfy, suffice, content, answer, do; deal,
distribute.

service, n. labor, employment, office, duty, business, function,
ministry; ritual, ceremony, rite; advantage, benefit, avail, use, utility;
homage, obeisance.

servile, a. slavish, abject, cringing, groveling, obsequious;
dependent, enslaved.

servitude, n. bondage, enslavement.

set, v. place, put, fix, establish, locate, station; adjust,
regulate, adapt; oppose, obstruct; appoint, assign.

set, a. fixed, immovable, rigid, firm, obstinate, inflexible,
unyielding; regular, uniform, established, prescribed, ordained,
appointed.

set, n. clique, group, class, party, coterie, circle, band, company.

set aside. displace, supersede.

setback, n. (Colloq.) backset, check, repulse, reverse, relapse.

set-off, n. offset; counterclaim, equivalent.

set-out, n. display, equipage, rig, turnout; (Colloq.)
preparations.

settle, v. fix, establish; ordain, install; adjust, determine,
decide; sink, subside, fall; precipitate; quiet, calm, pacify,
tranquillize; colonize, people.

settlement, n. establishment; ordination, installation; colonization,
colony; adjustment; subsidence.

settler, n. pioneer, colonist.

settlings, n. pl. sediment, dregs, lees, precipitate, grounds,
feculence; foots.

set-to, n. (Colloq.) contest, conflict, encounter, combat, fight,
scrimmage.

seven, n. heptade. Associated Words: septenary, septuple, septette,
septenate, septemvirate, septemvir, heptarchy.

sevenfold, a. septuple.

seven languages. Associated Word: heptaglot.

seven-sided, a. heptagonal, septilateral.

seven-sided figure. heptagon, heptahedron.

seventy, n. Associated Words: septuagenary, septuagesimal,
Septuagint.

seventy years. Associated Words: septuagenarian, septuagenary.

seven years. septennate. Associated Words: septennial,
septennially, septenary.

sever, v. part, divide, disunite, separate, disjoin, detach,
disconnect.

several, a. various, diverse, manifold, divers, sundry.

severe, a. drastic, harsh, stern, rigorous, exact, cruel; serious,
sedate, gr