4
step aside(verb, expression, phrasal verb, escape, dodge)
4
take fright(verb, expression, idiom, start, fear)
4
vacillating(adjective, uncertain, nervous, doubtful, hesitant)
4
void(adjective, clear, free, empty)
3
aloof(adjective, close, quiet, gentle, stiff)
3
bare(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
3
bilk(verb, cut, reject, ignore, neglect)
3
chicken(adjective, worried, afraid, apprehensive, scared)
3
peg(informal, throw, american, verb, action)
2
constrained(adjective, characteristic, timidity, shyness)
2
doubting(adjective, characteristic, timidity, shyness)
2
repressed(adjective, characteristic, timidity, shyness)
1
aim(verb, action, throw, fling, toss)
1
bad(adjective, characteristic, wrongness, criminality)
1
base(adjective, characteristic, wrongness, criminality)
1
bish(verb, informal, throw, australian)
1
blamable(adjective, characteristic, wrongness, criminality)
1
blameworthy(adjective, characteristic, wrongness, criminality)
1
bung(verb, action, informal, throw)
1
buzz(verb, action, informal, throw)
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