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amenable
adjective(a-me-na-ble)
responsive to suggestions and influences
Synonyms: tractable,
Examples:
An amenable child.
amenable
adjective(a-me-na-ble)
disposed or willing to conform
Synonyms: conformable,
Examples:
Someone amenable to the instruction of others.
amenable
adjective(a-me-na-ble)
liable to answer to a higher authority
Examples:
The president is amenable to the constitutional court.
amenable
adjective(a-me-na-ble)
open to being acted upon in a certain way
Examples:
An amenable hospitalization should not result in untimely death.
The tumor was not amenable to surgical treatment.

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