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amenable

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amenable in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. disposed or willing to comply
    "someone amenable to persuasion"
    amenable  conformable 
  2. liable to answer to a higher authority
    "the president is amenable to the constitutional court"
    amenable 
  3. readily reacting to suggestions and influences
    "a responsive student"
    amenable  tractable 
  4. open to being acted upon in a certain way
    "an amenable hospitalization should not result in untimely death"; "the tumor was not amenable to surgical treatment"
    amenable 
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