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Read the excerpt. Then choose the correct way to complete the paragraph.
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Not only had Lillian not known about her friend's talent, but she had not known about her friend's modesty that
bordered on diffidence, and this deplorable lack of self-confidence had caused Skye to become a hermit in her house
trying to avoid the publicity.
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The words modesty and diffidence both imply "bashfulness." However, in this sentence, diffidence is used to mean
"lack of self-confidence," while modesty is used to mean"
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