amenable

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. adjective disposed or willing to comply
  2. adjective readily reacting to suggestions and influences
  3. adjective open to being acted upon in a certain way

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman amenable, amesnable, from amener (“to bring or lead, fetch in or to”) + -able (“-able”); amener is in turn from a- + mener (“to lead, conduct”), from Late Latin mināre (“to drive”), Latin deponent minārī (“to threaten, menace”).

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Synonyms

conformable

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