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  • 41docile — adjective Etymology: Latin docilis, from docēre to teach; akin to Latin decēre to be fitting more at decent Date: 15th century 1. easily taught < a docile pupil > 2. easily led or managed ; tractable < a docile pony > Synonyms …

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  • 42frail — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French fraile, from Latin fragilis fragile, from frangere Date: 14th century 1. easily led into evil < frail humanity > 2. easily broken or destroyed ; fragile 3. a. physically weak b …

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  • 43tractable — adjective Etymology: Latin tractabilis, from tractare to handle, treat Date: 1502 1. capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled ; docile < a tractable horse > 2. easily handled, managed, or wrought ; malleable Synonyms: see obedient •&#8230; …

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  • 44The Old Curiosity Shop — For adaptations of the novel, see The Old Curiosity Shop (disambiguation). For the Seattle business, see Ye Olde Curiosity Shop. The Old Curiosity Shop …

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  • 45Alonso de Montúfar — Born in Loja, Andalusia, Spain c. 1489, died in Mexico City, March 7, 1572. Archbishop of Mexico 1551 1572.Following the chronicler Gil González Dávila some authors give the year 1498 as Montúfar s year of birth, however, González Dávila&#8230; …

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  • 46Northeast Indian — ▪ people Introduction  member of any of the Native American peoples living at the time of European contact in the area roughly bounded in the north by the transition from predominantly deciduous forest to the taiga, in the east by the Atlantic&#8230; …

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  • 47Nikolai Rostov — Count Nikolai Ilyitch Rostov (Николай Ильич Ростов Nikolaj Il ič Rostov) is a character in Leo Tolstoy s novel War and Peace. Contents 1 Brief background 2 References 3 See also 4 …

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  • 48frail — a. 1. Fragile, frangible, brittle, easily broken (across). 2. Weak, feeble, fragile. See infirm. 3. Liable to err, easily led astray, of infirm virtue …

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  • 49ductile —   a. easily hammered or drawn out into long thin strip; easily led.    ♦ ductility, n …

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  • 50ductile — [duk′təl] adj. [ME ductil &LT; L ductilis &LT; ductus: see DUCT] 1. that can be stretched, drawn, or hammered thin without breaking; not brittle: said of metals 2. easily molded; plastic; pliant 3. easily led; tractable SYN. PLIABLE ductility&#8230; …

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