11
quail(verb, go, remove, start, withdraw)
11
blench(verb, start, withdraw, draw, hide)
11
cower(verb, start, hide, retreat, shy)
10
dodge(noun, verb, withdraw, avoid, restraint)
10
jump(noun, verb, start, escape, shy)
9
boomerang(noun, verb, act, feeling, overcome)
9
balk(verb, stop, start, withdraw, abandon)
9
falter(verb, withdraw, retreat, hesitate, tremble)
8
abhorrence(noun, dislike, unpleasant, awful, terrible)
8
demur(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender)
8
duck(verb, start, withdraw, avoid, escape)
8
hesitate(verb, withdraw, retreat, hesitate, falter)
8
kick back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, overcome, return)
8
return(noun, verb, move, act, change)
8
reverberate(verb, vibrate)
8
spring back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, overcome, return)
8
squinch(verb, shy, jump, bound, shrink)
7
blink(verb, start, withdraw, retreat, shrink)
7
dismay(noun, awful, terrible, fear, terror)
7
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