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Like A Wallflower

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adjective

• lacking self-confidence

noun

• a quick throw

adjective satellite

• short

• wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things

verb

• start suddenly, as from fright

• throw quickly

30%11 The common name 'wallflower' refers to their habit of growing on walls
noun

• Old World perennial plants grown for their showy flowers

30%8 Commonly known as wallflower
noun

• large genus of annual or perennial herbs some grown for their flowers and some for their attractive evergreen leaves; Old World and North America

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