Susceptive

  • 61sensitive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. perceptive, conscious, impressionable, tender, susceptible, sentient; alert, aware; sentimental. See sensibility.Ant., insensitive, unfeeling. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Tender] Syn. delicate, sore …

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  • 62sentient — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. perceptive, sensitive, feeling, responsive, alive. See sensibility, feeling. Ant., insentient. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. conscious, aware, alert, perceptive; see observant 1 , sensitive 3 . III… …

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  • 63subject — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. topic, theme; matter; liege, vassal, citizen. See grammar, thought, servant, teaching. v. t. reduce, control, restrain, tame; treat, expose. See subjection, thought. adj. liable, conditioned (upon).… …

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  • 64vulnerable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. open (to attack); weak, defenseless, assailable, susceptible. See danger, weakness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unprotected, helpless, defenseless, exposed, assailable; see also unsafe , weak 2 , 5 …

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  • 65impressible — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. penetrable, susceptible, responsive, yielding; see affected 1 , impressionable , responsive , sensitive 3 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Able to receive and respond to external stimuli: impressionable, responsive …

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  • 66liable — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Responsible] Syn. answerable, subject, accountable; see responsible 1 . 2. [Likely] Syn. likely, subject, apt, inclined; see likely 4 . See Synonym Study at likely . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. responsible… …

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  • 67sensible — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Showing good sense] Syn. reasonable, rational, prudent, practical; see judicious , rational 1 , reasonable 1 , 2 , sane 2 . 2. [Aware] Syn. cognizant, conscious, alive to; see conscious 1 . 3. [Perceivable] Syn.… …

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  • 68susceptible — c.1600 (susceptive in the same sense is recorded from 1540s), from L.L. susceptibilis capable, sustainable, susceptible, from L. susceptus, pp. of suscipere sustain, support, acknowledge, from sub up from under + capere to take (see CAPABLE (Cf.… …

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  • 69susceptible — a. Susceptive, impressible, sensitive, excitable …

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  • 70amenable — adjective 1) an amenable child Syn: cooperative, acquiescent, compliant, accommodating, obliging, biddable, manageable, controllable, governable, persuadable, tractable, responsive, pliant, malleable, complaisant, easily handled; rare persuasi …

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