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amenable
What does amenable mean?
amenable (adjective): disposed or willing to conform.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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Where does amenable come from?
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman amenable, amesnable, from amener (“to bring or lead, fetch in or to”) + -able (“-able”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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fairly short and of slim build
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disposed or willing to conform
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extremely bad; awful; terrible
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relying on another for support
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