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Teachable

Capable of being taught; apt to learn; also, willing to receive instruction; docile.

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Tractable 84% connected

Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Tractable 84% connected

Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Instruct 74% connected

Arranged; furnished; provided.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Instruct 74% connected

Arranged; furnished; provided.

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Teach 74% connected

To impart the knowledge of; to give intelligence concerning; to impart, as knowledge before unknown, or rules for practice; to inculcate as true or i…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Teach 74% connected

To impart the knowledge of; to give intelligence concerning; to impart, as knowledge before unknown, or rules for practice; to inculcate as true or i…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Docile 92% connected

Teachable; easy to teach; docible.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Affiliate verb · 78% connection

To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.

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Apt adjective · 78% connection

Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.

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Basic noun · 78% connection

a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no l…

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Biddable adjective · 78% connection

Obedient; docile.

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Buffalo noun · 78% connection

A species of the genus Bos or Bubalus (B. bubalus), originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the easter…

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Buxom adjective · 78% connection

Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble.

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Capacitate verb · 78% connection

make capable; "This instruction capacitates us to understand the problem"

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Catechumen L. catechunenus, Gr. · 78% connection

One who is receiving rudimentary instruction in the doctrines of Christianity; a neophyte; in the primitive church, one officially rec…

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Coach verb · 78% connection

To prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction.

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Corrigible adjective · 78% connection

Submissive to correction; docile.

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Counselable adjective · 78% connection

Willing to receive counsel or follow advice.

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Demand noun · 78% connection

How much buyers want and can afford to purchase.

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Disciplinable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being disciplined or improved by instruction and training.

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Document noun · 78% connection

That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.

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Druidism noun · 78% connection

The system of religion, philosophy, and instruction, received and taught by the Druids; the rites and ceremonies of the Druids.

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Entertain verb · 78% connection

To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to receive at one's board, or into one's house; to receive as a guest.

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Gentle superl. · 78% connection

Not wild, turbulent, or refractory; quiet and docile; tame; peaceable; as, a gentle horse.

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Gentleness noun · 78% connection

The quality or state of being gentle, well-born, mild, benevolent, docile, etc.; gentility; softness of manners, disposition, etc.; mi…

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