Não consigo lista dados em um JList

Bom dia galera, estava tentando fazer com que os dados do meu banco de dados fossem listados numa JList, mas não to conseguindo fazer eles aparecerem.

package br.ufal.ic.falibras.ihc.cadastroSemantico;

import br.ufal.ic.falibras.common.metamodel.Palavra;
import br.ufal.ic.falibras.grammar.IMorfoSintaticController;
import br.ufal.ic.falibras.grammar.generator.IGrammarGenerator;
import br.ufal.ic.falibras.grammareditor.ErroGrammarEditorException;
import br.ufal.ic.falibras.grammareditor.IGrammarEditor;
import br.ufal.ic.falibras.preprocessor.ITextPreprocessor;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.AbstractListModel;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class SemanticoPanel extends javax.swing.JPanel{
    
    //CONSTANTES
    final private String separadorIdNomePalavra = "|";
    private List<String> nomesPalavrasFixas;
    
    //AUXILIARES
    private IGrammarEditor contGrammarEditor;
    private IGrammarGenerator contGrammarGenerator;
    private IMorfoSintaticController contAnalisadorMorfoSintatico;
    
    //ATRIBUTOS
    private boolean novoSentido;
    private List<Palavra> palavrasExistentes;
    private Palavra palavraAtual;    
    
    //PRIMEIRO CONSTRUTOR
    public SemanticoPanel(IGrammarEditor contGrammarEditor, IGrammarGenerator contGrammarGenerator, IMorfoSintaticController contAnalisadorMorfoSintatico){
        this.contGrammarEditor = contGrammarEditor;
        this.contGrammarGenerator = contGrammarGenerator;
        this.contAnalisadorMorfoSintatico = contAnalisadorMorfoSintatico;
        this.inicializarPalavrasExistentes("");
    }
    
    //SEGUNDO CONSTRUTOR
    public SemanticoPanel() {
        initComponents();
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Generated Code">                          
    private void initComponents() {

        buttonGroup1 = new javax.swing.ButtonGroup();
        DarSentido = new javax.swing.JToggleButton();
        jToggleButton10 = new javax.swing.JToggleButton();
        jScrollPane1 = new javax.swing.JScrollPane();
        PalavrasCadastradas = new javax.swing.JList();
        jLabel1 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jsPalavra = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        jLabel2 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jsRadical = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        SentidoPosterior = new javax.swing.JToggleButton();
        jLabel7 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jLabel8 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jTextField5 = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        jRadioButton1 = new javax.swing.JRadioButton();
        jRadioButton2 = new javax.swing.JRadioButton();
        SentidoAnterior = new javax.swing.JToggleButton();
        SentidoDefault = new javax.swing.JToggleButton();
        jPanel1 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        jScrollPane6 = new javax.swing.JScrollPane();
        jTable1 = new javax.swing.JTable();

        DarSentido.setIcon(new javax.swing.ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/imgs/OK.png"))); // NOI18N
        DarSentido.setText("Dar Sentido");
        DarSentido.setMaximumSize(new java.awt.Dimension(111, 33));
        DarSentido.setMinimumSize(new java.awt.Dimension(111, 33));
        DarSentido.setPreferredSize(new java.awt.Dimension(111, 33));

        jToggleButton10.setIcon(new javax.swing.ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/imgs/Cancelar.png"))); // NOI18N
        jToggleButton10.setText("Limpar Campos");
        jToggleButton10.setMaximumSize(new java.awt.Dimension(111, 33));
        jToggleButton10.setMinimumSize(new java.awt.Dimension(111, 33));
        jToggleButton10.setPreferredSize(new java.awt.Dimension(111, 33));

        PalavrasCadastradas.addListSelectionListener(new javax.swing.event.ListSelectionListener() {
            public void valueChanged(javax.swing.event.ListSelectionEvent evt) {
                PalavrasCadastradasValueChanged(evt);
            }
        });
        PalavrasCadastradas.addAncestorListener(new javax.swing.event.AncestorListener() {
            public void ancestorMoved(javax.swing.event.AncestorEvent evt) {
            }
            public void ancestorAdded(javax.swing.event.AncestorEvent evt) {
                PalavrasCadastradasAncestorAdded(evt);
            }
            public void ancestorRemoved(javax.swing.event.AncestorEvent evt) {
            }
        });
        jScrollPane1.setViewportView(PalavrasCadastradas);

        jLabel1.setText("Palavra:");

        jLabel2.setText("Radical:");

        SentidoPosterior.setIcon(new javax.swing.ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/imgs/adicionar.png"))); // NOI18N
        SentidoPosterior.setText("Adicionar Significado Posterior");
        SentidoPosterior.setMaximumSize(new java.awt.Dimension(111, 33));
        SentidoPosterior.setMinimumSize(new java.awt.Dimension(111, 33));
        SentidoPosterior.setPreferredSize(new java.awt.Dimension(111, 33));
        SentidoPosterior.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                SentidoPosteriorActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        jLabel7.setText("Palavras Cadastradas:");

        jLabel8.setText("Filtro:");

        buttonGroup1.add(jRadioButton1);
        jRadioButton1.setText("Palavra");

        buttonGroup1.add(jRadioButton2);
        jRadioButton2.setText("Frase Exemplo");

        SentidoAnterior.setIcon(new javax.swing.ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/imgs/remover.png"))); // NOI18N
        SentidoAnterior.setText("Adicionar Significado Anterior");
        SentidoAnterior.setMaximumSize(new java.awt.Dimension(111, 33));
        SentidoAnterior.setMinimumSize(new java.awt.Dimension(111, 33));
        SentidoAnterior.setPreferredSize(new java.awt.Dimension(111, 33));
        SentidoAnterior.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                SentidoAnteriorActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        SentidoDefault.setIcon(new javax.swing.ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/imgs/OK.png"))); // NOI18N
        SentidoDefault.setText("Adicionar Significado Padrão");
        SentidoDefault.setToolTipText("O sentido padrão terá 100% de sentido");
        SentidoDefault.setMaximumSize(new java.awt.Dimension(111, 33));
        SentidoDefault.setMinimumSize(new java.awt.Dimension(111, 33));
        SentidoDefault.setPreferredSize(new java.awt.Dimension(111, 33));
        SentidoDefault.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                SentidoDefaultActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        jPanel1.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Lista de Palavras e Sentidos"));

        jTable1.setModel(new javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel(
            new Object [][] {
                {null, null, null, null},
                {null, null, null, null},
                {null, null, null, null},
                {null, null, null, null},
                {null, null, null, null},
                {null, null, null, null},
                {null, null, null, null},
                {null, null, null, null},
                {null, null, null, null},
                {null, null, null, null},
                {null, null, null, null},
                {null, null, null, null},
                {null, null, null, null}
            },
            new String [] {
                "Palavras", "Significados", "Posição", "Porcentagem Acrescentada"
            }
        ));
        jTable1.setOpaque(false);
        jScrollPane6.setViewportView(jTable1);

        javax.swing.GroupLayout jPanel1Layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(jPanel1);
        jPanel1.setLayout(jPanel1Layout);
        jPanel1Layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addComponent(jScrollPane6, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 647, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addContainerGap(javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );
        jPanel1Layout.setVerticalGroup(
            jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addComponent(jScrollPane6, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 155, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addContainerGap(javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );

        javax.swing.GroupLayout layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(this);
        this.setLayout(layout);
        layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                    .addComponent(jLabel7)
                    .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addComponent(jScrollPane1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 300, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                        .addGap(18, 18, 18)
                        .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING, false)
                            .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                                .addComponent(jLabel1)
                                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
                                .addComponent(jsPalavra))
                            .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                                .addComponent(jLabel2)
                                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
                                .addComponent(jsRadical, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 638, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                            .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                                .addComponent(SentidoDefault, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 214, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                                .addComponent(SentidoAnterior, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 228, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                                .addComponent(SentidoPosterior, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 232, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))))
                    .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                        .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                            .addComponent(jLabel8)
                            .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                            .addComponent(jTextField5, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 197, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                            .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
                            .addComponent(jRadioButton1)
                            .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
                            .addComponent(jRadioButton2))
                        .addComponent(jPanel1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)))
                .addContainerGap(javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
            .addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap(javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                .addComponent(DarSentido, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 173, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addGap(18, 18, 18)
                .addComponent(jToggleButton10, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 173, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addContainerGap())
        );
        layout.setVerticalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addComponent(jLabel7)
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
                .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                    .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addComponent(jScrollPane1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                        .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
                        .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                            .addComponent(jLabel8)
                            .addComponent(jTextField5, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                            .addComponent(jRadioButton1)
                            .addComponent(jRadioButton2))
                        .addGap(18, 18, 18)
                        .addComponent(jPanel1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                        .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED, 11, Short.MAX_VALUE))
                    .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                            .addComponent(jLabel1)
                            .addComponent(jsPalavra, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                        .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                        .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                            .addComponent(jLabel2)
                            .addComponent(jsRadical, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                        .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                        .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                            .addComponent(SentidoAnterior, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 39, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                            .addComponent(SentidoPosterior, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 39, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                            .addComponent(SentidoDefault, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 39, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                        .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)))
                .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(DarSentido, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 39, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(jToggleButton10, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 39, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                .addContainerGap())
        );
    }// </editor-fold>                        

    private void SentidoDefaultActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                               
        new SentidoDefaultPanel().setVisible(true);
    }                                              

    private void SentidoAnteriorActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                                
        new SentidoAnteriorPanel().setVisible(true);
    }                                               

    private void SentidoPosteriorActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                                 
        new SentidoPosteriorPanel().setVisible(true);
    }                                                

    private void inicializarPalavrasExistentes(String filtro) {
        try {
            this.palavrasExistentes = this.contGrammarEditor.obterTodasPalavras(filtro);
            this.PalavrasCadastradas.setModel(new AbstractListModel() {
                String[] strings = obterDadosPalavras(palavrasExistentes);

                public int getSize() {
                    return strings.length;
                }

                public Object getElementAt(int i) {
                    return strings[i];
                }
            });
        } catch (ErroGrammarEditorException ex) {
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Erro na inicialização da janela!", "Mensagem Informativa", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE, new javax.swing.ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/imgs/processar.png")));
        }
    }    
    
    private String[] obterDadosPalavras(List<Palavra> palavrasExistentes) {
        List<String> dadosPalavras = new ArrayList<String>();
        for (Iterator<Palavra> it = palavrasExistentes.iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
            Palavra palavra = it.next();
            if(palavra.getNome().equals(ITextPreprocessor.flagNumeroPalavra)){
                dadosPalavras.add(Integer.toString(palavra.getId()) + this.separadorIdNomePalavra + palavra.obterSignificadoMaisProvavel(palavra.obterCategoriaMaisProvavel()).getNome());
            }
            else{
                dadosPalavras.add(Integer.toString(palavra.getId()) + this.separadorIdNomePalavra + palavra.getNome());
            }
        }
        String[] out = new String[dadosPalavras.size()];
        for (int i = 0; i < out.length; i++) {
            out[i] = dadosPalavras.get(i);
        }
        return out;
    }

    private void PalavrasCadastradasAncestorAdded(javax.swing.event.AncestorEvent evt) {                                                  
    }                                                 

    private void PalavrasCadastradasValueChanged(javax.swing.event.ListSelectionEvent evt) {                                                 
        if(!this.PalavrasCadastradas.isSelectionEmpty()){
            //HABILITA OS BOTÕES
            this.SentidoDefault.setEnabled(true);
            this.SentidoAnterior.setEnabled(true);
            this.SentidoPosterior.setEnabled(true);
            
            //ALTERA NOME DO BOTÃO
            this.DarSentido.setText("Alterar Sentido");
            this.novoSentido = false;
            
            //OBTER DADOS DA PALAVRA SELECIONADA
            int indicePalavraSelecionada = this.PalavrasCadastradas.getSelectedIndex();
            this.palavraAtual = this.palavrasExistentes.get(indicePalavraSelecionada);
            
            //ATUALIZAR CAMPOS GERAIS
            this.jsPalavra.setText(this.palavraAtual.getNome());
            this.jsRadical.setText(this.palavraAtual.getRadical());
            
            //ATUALIZAR CAMPOS CATEGORIAS DA REGRA
            //List<Significado> SignificadoPalavra = palavraAtual.getSignificados();
               
        }
    }                                                

    // Variables declaration - do not modify                     
    private javax.swing.JToggleButton DarSentido;
    private javax.swing.JList PalavrasCadastradas;
    private javax.swing.JToggleButton SentidoAnterior;
    private javax.swing.JToggleButton SentidoDefault;
    private javax.swing.JToggleButton SentidoPosterior;
    private javax.swing.ButtonGroup buttonGroup1;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel1;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel2;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel7;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel8;
    private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel1;
    private javax.swing.JRadioButton jRadioButton1;
    private javax.swing.JRadioButton jRadioButton2;
    private javax.swing.JScrollPane jScrollPane1;
    private javax.swing.JScrollPane jScrollPane6;
    private javax.swing.JTable jTable1;
    private javax.swing.JTextField jTextField5;
    private javax.swing.JToggleButton jToggleButton10;
    private javax.swing.JTextField jsPalavra;
    private javax.swing.JTextField jsRadical;
    // End of variables declaration                   

}

Estou usando o NetBeans para criar as interfaces gráficas.

aqui esta uma imagem mostra o campo que deveria estar preenchido:

Galera, dei uma olhada melhor e percebi que o problema não esta no JList e sim nos dois construtores do programa, o construtor que tem o “initComponents();” funciona normal e tudo que eu coloco nele funciona, mas o outro não funciona e como eu inicio o método “this.inicializarPalavrasExistentes(”"); " que adiciona os arquivos na JList nele, os dados também não serão adicionados.
então o que há de errado nesses construtores?