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#9: Farouche

Definition:

: marked by shyness and lack of social graces

Seen & Heard:

"In The Plumed Serpent by DH Lawrence: 'His manner was superficially assured, underneath perhaps half-savage, shy and farouche, and deprecating.'" — Kendra Broom

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