GRE Word List
AMENABLE
liable to be brought to account : answerable
The meaning of the word amenable is liable to be brought to account : answerable.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| quarry | game |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| wont | accustomed |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |