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1. Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid. See Synonyms at shy1.
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| - adj. intentionally untrue; given to lying |
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| - adj. defiantly aggressive |
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| the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British); formal and explicit approval; verb consent to, give permission |
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| - adj. powerfully persuasive |
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| - adj. characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment |
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| - adj. involving or characterized by harmony; in keeping; |
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| - adj. impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion" |
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| - adj. so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; of or relating to the period before the biblical flood; noun any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge; a very old person |
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| noun useless repetition; (logic) a statement that is necessarily true |
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| - noun manual dexterity in the execution of tricks |
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| - noun a zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians |
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| - noun the property characteristic of old age; the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age |
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| - adj. tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health |
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| - adj. not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; lacking wit or imagination; not fanciful or imaginative |
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| - adj. containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice |
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| - adj. loud and resounding |
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| - adj. lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful |
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| - adj. lacking interest or significance; displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; lacking in nutritive value |
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| - noun (biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems) |
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| - noun traveling or wandering around |
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| - noun a zoologist who studies fishes |
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| - noun the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension); the property of being out of date and not current; a monthly payment made to someone who is retired from work |
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