timid, intimidated, inadequate

Kathleen S.
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  1. timid
    showing fear and lack of courage
  2. intimidated
    made scared or fearful as by threats
  3. inadequate
    lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
  4. unequal
    poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure
  5. comparing
    the act of examining resemblances
  6. adequacy
    the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily
  7. sufficiency
    the quality of being enough for the end in view
  8. enough
    sufficient for the purpose
  9. responsive
    reacting to a stimulus
  10. oversensitive
    unduly sensitive or thin-skinned
  11. thin-skinned
    quick to take offense
  12. touchy
    difficult to handle; requiring great tact
Created on Sat Apr 02 22:13:17 EDT 2011

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