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 |
|---|---|
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| 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 |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| defalcate | deduct |