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  • 12Lope de Barrientos — (Medina del Campo, Spain, 1382 Cuenca, Spain, 1469), sometimes called Obispo Barrientos ( Bishop Barrientos ), was a powerful clergyman and statesman of the Spanish Crown of Castile during the 15th century, although his prominence and the… …

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  • 13sheepish — sheepishly, adv. sheepishness, n. /shee pish/, adj. 1. embarrassed or bashful, as by having done something wrong or foolish. 2. like sheep, as in meekness, docility, etc. [1150 1200; ME shepisshe. See SHEEP, ISH1] * * * …

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  • 14dignity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. repute; nobility, eminence; pride, stateliness, decorum; greatness, station, honor. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A presence that commands respect] Syn. stateliness, nobility, self respect, pride, hauteur,… …

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  • 15humility — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of pride Nouns 1. humility, humbleness; meekness, lowliness, lowness; [self ] abasement; submission, resignation; modesty, blush, suffusion, confusion. 2. humiliation, degradation, mortification;… …

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  • 16shyness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bashfulness, reserve, timidity, modesty, timorousness, timidness, coyness, demureness, sheepishness, diffidence, apprehension, backwardness, nervousness, insecurity, reticence, stage fright, mike fright*; see also restraint …

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  • 17sheepish — adjective showing embarrassment from shame or shyness. Derivatives sheepishly adverb sheepishness noun …

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  • 18diffidence — n. 1. Distrust, doubt, hesitation, hesitancy, reliance. 2. Bashfulness, timidity, sheepishness, shyness, extreme modesty, distrust of one s self, lack or want of self reliance …

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  • 19timidity — n. 1. Timorousness, fearfulness, skittishness, shyness, cowardice, pusillanimity, want of courage, timidness. 2. Diffidence, bashfulness, coyness, sheepishness, shamefacedness …

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  • 20sheepish — adjective uncomfortable or embarrassed because you know that you have done something silly or wrong: Richard was looking sheepish. sheepishly adverb: She grinned sheepishly. sheepishness noun (U) …

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