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::: timidity - lack of self-confidence or courage
::: incite - arouse to action; goad; motivate; induce to exist; Ex. incite a riot/the crowd to rebellion
::: construe - explain; interpret; Ex. construe her silence as meaning that she agreed; CF. misconstrue
::: wispy - thin; slight; barely discernible
::: enterprise - willingness to take new ventures; initiative; business organization; plan (that is difficult or daring); Ex. their latest enterprise to sail round the world in a small boat
::: cogent - convincing
::: truncate - cut the top off; shorten
::: exceptionable - objectionable; likely to cause dislike; offensive; CF. unexceptionable: entirely acceptable
::: oblique - indirect; slanting (deviating from the perpendicular or from a straight line); Ex. oblique reference
::: disarray - state of disorder; a disorderly or untidy state; Ex. with her clothes in disarray