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awkward(characteristic, timidity, shyness)
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blushing(characteristic, quiet, modest, meek)
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coward(noun, characteristic, quality, worry)
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leery(thoughtful, sober, cautious, prudent)
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sparse(close, light, weak, poor)
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spineless(weak, nervous, worried, fearful)
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volatile(anxious, vague, subtle, ambiguous)
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weak(soft, poor, base, inferior)
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poor(small, boring, exiguous)
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ambivalent(nervous, fearful, irresolute)
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craven(weak, spineless, gutless)
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faint(close, quiet, weak, plain)
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fearsome(reserved, timid, retiring, bashful)
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niggardly(poor, small, boring, exiguous)
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pusillanimous(weak, nervous, worried, fearful)
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scrimpy(poor, small, boring, exiguous)
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vacillating(uncertain, nervous, doubtful, hesitant)
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void(clear, free, empty)
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aloof(close, quiet, gentle, stiff)
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bare(poor, small, boring, exiguous)
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