3
ward off(expression, escape, dodge, evade, shun)
3
writhe(verb, forth, contort)
2
Funk
2
answer(noun, verb, act, feeling, return)
2
aversion(noun, dislike, unpleasant, disgusting, disgust)
2
back out(verb, expression, go, remove, withdraw)
2
bang
2
beef
2
bend(verb, twist, wind, writhe, zigzag)
2
bitch
2
boggle(verb, cringe, flinch)
2
boot(noun, return, rebound)
2
border
2
bow out(verb, expression, go, remove, withdraw)
2
buck(noun, verb, bump, shy, jump)
2
charge
2
circumlocute(verb, reject, escape, dodge, evade)
2
complain
2
confine
2
counter(verb, act, acknowledge, proceed, answer)
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