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He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances. Fifty degrees below zero meant eighty odd degrees of frost. Such fact impressed him as being cold and uncomfortable, and that was all. It did not lead him to meditate upon his frailty as a creature of temperature, and upon man's frailty in general, able only to live within certain narrow limits of heat and cold; and from there on it did not lead him to the conjectural field of immortality and man's place in the universe.

–“To Build a Fire,”
Jack London

Use the context of the passage to answer each question.

What part of speech is the word frailty?


Which phrase gives a context clue to the meaning of the word frailty?



What is the best definition of the word frailty?

Answer 1

What part of speech is the word frailty?
- Noun.

Which phrase gives a context clue to the meaning of the word frailty?
- "able only to live within certain narrow limits of heat and cold."

What is the best definition of the word frailty?
- Weakness or vulnerability; the condition of being easily harmed or delicate.