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1
Q

fract (frag)

A

break

2
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fraction

A

one or more of the equal parts of a whole; fragment

3
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fractious

A

apt to break out into passion; cross; irritable

4
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fracture

A
  1. break or crack

2. break a bone

5
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fragile

A

easily broken; frail; delicate

6
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fragment

A

part broken off

7
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infraction

A

act of breaking; breach; violation, as an infraction of a law

8
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refract

A

bend (literally “break off”) a row of light, heat, sound, etc. from a straight course

9
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refractory

A

resisting; intractable, hard to manage, as a refractory mule