4
politic(adjective, careful, thoughtful, vague, cautious)
4
preserved(verb, adjective, secure, perfect, safe)
4
profound(adjective, intimate, secret, private, penetrating)
4
remote(adjective, cover, obscure, dark, equivocal)
4
saved(verb, adjective, reserved, released, freed)
4
scrupulous(adjective, careful, thoughtful, sober, cautious)
4
shielding(adjective, careful, attentive, defensive, protecting)
4
skeptical(wary, mistrustful, covetous, envious, distrustful)
4
special(adjective, intimate, secret, private, penetrating)
4
standoffish(adjective, reserved, reticent, taciturn)
4
tentative(adjective, careful, vague, prudent, restricted)
4
trusted(adjective, intimate, secret, private, penetrating)
4
undemonstrative
4
unemotional
4
uptight(adjective, subdued, intimate, secret, private)
4
viscerous(adjective, intimate, secret, private, penetrating)
4
withdrawn(adjective, reserved, mysterious, private, reticent)
3
apprehensive(adjective, thoughtful, sober, cautious, prudent)
3
armored(adjective, defensive)
3
arrested
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