The bold and bashful.

                                  Sentences  about the vocabulary.

                    Bold-extrovert outgoing.
The young man finally become bold enough to talk.
People are never so bold as when they are in a gang.

                     Bashful-shy.
He was a timid, bashful man and did not like to be noticed.
The boy is bashful and doesn't talk much.
Bumble,bending over the bashful beauty.
I was too bashful to do so then, I was afraid of confusing her, and I was no less afraid of the confusing myself.

                     Reticent-shy
Even the reticent members participated enthusiastically.
He was reserved and very reticent,cold in manner and  not sympathetic.
They were nevertheless understably reticent to meet new people.
It was a subject that I was reticent to reveal and talk about.
He was reticent to talk about the problem.
He asked the reticent child to offer her thoughts and opinions.

                              phobia-fear
Barbara"s fear of flying.
Alex had fear public speaking.
Why Lucas, I do believe you have a phobia about snakes.
Her phobia didn"t go unnoticed by Alex.

                                    Merit
His teacher gave him ten merits.
No one merits the kind of the treatment, she receives at work.
Salary increases at the university are based on merit.

                               Gloomy-sad -dark
He was gloomy and absent minded.
His face was gloomy and his lips compressed.
Pierre"s gloomy, unhappy look struck her.

                             Gregarious-sociable
If you want to be more approachable show a gregarious smile.
As gregarious as you are with me, I am sure everyone will admire you.
Joe, being gregarious, we always the life of the party.
                                 
                               Petrified- afraid stone
I took it all in for a few moments and it petrified me!
She looked petrified, as she should be!

                                     Pollyanna- very optimistic
He said in a pollyanna tone of voice.
But the most determined pollyanna would celebrate.


                            Self conscious
 suddenly self conscious, she touched her face.

                               Whiny- everything is bad
His mother always had a squeaky voice pleading and whiny.

                                       Shrinking violet- shy
But la Russa is no shrinking violet.
Francisco is hardly a shrinking violet.
I m no shrinking violet.


                                        Standoffish-aloof- arrogant
Perhaps but I m required to be standoffish a little while longer.
   

                                           Inhibited-shy
Beyond the sphere its authority stops, and state authority,unless inhibited by the federal constitution, begins.
 

                                              killjoy
just so I don t sound like a killjoy,politics can be thrilling and exciting as will as uplifting.
A few killjoy try to reform the seasonal activities.
Tom is such a kill joy.
                                               
                                   Methodical- organize


 A methodical researcher
He was so calm and methodical during the whole business it  made it that much worse