adjective not bold or confident with other people; shy.The timid child did not like to go to parties. See the full entry
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stiffen
intransitive verb o make or become rigid, harder, or less flexible.The icing will stiffen if you put the cake in the refrigerator. See the full entry
prohibitive
adjective serving as a preventative.The cost of parking downtown has become prohibitive. See the full entry
narrate
transitive verb to give an account or tell the tale of; relate.Frederick Douglass narrates the events of his life in his famous autobiography.I’m not part of the action of the play, but…
correlate
intransitive verb to have a causal, complementary, parallel, or reciprocal relationship.The results of the new study do not correlate clearly with the results of the previous experiments. See the full entry