Practice: nervous

Test your knowledge of stronger alternatives for "nervous".

Practice is designed to help you get familiar with the replacement words. Some sentences may have small grammar errors, and sometimes more than one answer could work—focus on choosing the best replacement word.
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Boring sentence
He is nervous with strangers, so he stays quiet and avoids eye contact when new people come to the party.

He is ____ with strangers, so he stays quiet and avoids eye contact when new people come to the party.