5
obliging(adjective, calm, quiet, kind, smooth)
5
pigeon-livered(adjective, nature, temper, humble, shy)
5
self-effacing(adjective, soft, humble, shy, meek)
5
subject(noun, adjective, low, inferior, compliant)
5
temperate(adjective, calm, light, kind, soft)
5
tensile
5
truckling
5
unobtrusive(adjective, soft, humble, shy, meek)
5
unresistant(agreeable, yielding, submission)
4
plain(adjective, soft, humble, shy, meek)
4
accepting(adjective, agreeable, restrained, tolerant, yielding)
4
acquiescing(adjective, agreeable, yielding, conforming)
4
base
4
browbeaten(adjective, nervous, shy, yielding, fearful)
4
calm(adjective, quiet, kind, soft, gentle)
4
conforming(adjective, compliant, conforming)
4
controllable(adjective, shy, meek, subdued, yielding)
4
deferent(adjective, subordinate)
4
dependent(adjective, hard, low, subject, minor)
4
domestic(adjective, quiet, gentle, mild, restrained)
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