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Diffident Adj Modest Shy Lack Self Confidence Fallen Easily

Word diffident
Definition adj. Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence.
Sentence Now that she had fallen to him so easily he wondered why he had been so diffident.
Source Dubliners, "The Dead", p. 249

Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary

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