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  • 31frail — frail, a. [Compar. {frailer} (fr[=a]l [ e]r); superl. {frailest}.] [OE. frele, freile, OF. fraile, frele, F. fr[^e]le, fr. L. fragilis. See {Fragile}.] 1. Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed;… …

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  • 32frailer — frail frail, a. [Compar. {frailer} (fr[=a]l [ e]r); superl. {frailest}.] [OE. frele, freile, OF. fraile, frele, F. fr[^e]le, fr. L. fragilis. See {Fragile}.] 1. Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily… …

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  • 33frailest — frail frail, a. [Compar. {frailer} (fr[=a]l [ e]r); superl. {frailest}.] [OE. frele, freile, OF. fraile, frele, F. fr[^e]le, fr. L. fragilis. See {Fragile}.] 1. Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily… …

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  • 34frail — 1. adjective /freɪl,freɪɫ/ a) Easily broken; mentally or physically fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm …

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  • 35catch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. take, seize; overtake; land, net, hook; surprise, detect; snare, trap; capture, arrest, apprehend, nab (inf.); snatch. See restraint, deception, difficulty, hindrance. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… …

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  • 36instable — a. [Written preferably Unstable.] 1. Unsettled, insecure, liable to fall, not stable, not permanent, not firm, tottering. 2. Mutable, variable, changeable, liable to change. 3. Inconstant, fickle, changeable, volatile, mercurial …

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  • 37caducous — [kə dju:kəs] adjective chiefly Botany (of an organ or part) easily detached and shed at an early stage. Origin C17 (in the sense epileptic ): from L. caducus liable to fall (from cadere to fall ) + ous …

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  • 38Uncertain — Un*cer tain, a. [Pref. un + certain. Cf. {Incertain}.] 1. Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; distrustful. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Man, without the protection of a superior Being, . . . is uncertain of everything that… …

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  • 39Propaganda of the deed — (or propaganda by the deed , from the French propagande par le fait ) is a concept that promotes physical violence against political enemies as a way of inspiring the masses and catalyzing revolution. It is based on the principles of anarchy and… …

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  • 40Tybee Island Light — Infobox Lighthouse caption = location = Tybee Island, Georgia coordinates = coord|32.0273|N|80.8509|W yearbuilt = 1736 yearlit = 1867 automated = 1972 yeardeactivated = foundation = Stone and timber construction = Brick shape = Octagonal marking …

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