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 |
|---|---|
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| clapper | one that claps: such as |
| reminiscent | of the character of or relating to reminiscence |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |