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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |