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 |
|---|---|
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
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