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::: amenable - obedient; compliant; readily managed; responsive; willing to be led; answerable or accountable legally; responsible; able to be tested by; Ex. amenable to sensible suggestions; Ex. He is very amenable; Ex. amenable to the usual tests
::: insensible - unconscious; unresponsive; insensitive; unaware; imperceptible; Ex. insensible of his danger/to pain; Ex. insensible change; CF. not the opposite of sensible
::: egotism - tendency to speak or write of oneself excessively; conceit; self-importance
::: apiculture - bee-keeping
::: contest - dispute; argue about the rightness of; compete for; try to win; Ex. contest the election results; Ex. contest a seat in Parliament; N.
::: cajole - persuade by praise or false promise; coax; wheedle
::: extemporaneous - not planned; impromptu; extempore
::: funereal - sad; solemn; suitable for a funeral
::: comport - bear one's self; behave; Ex. comport oneself; N. comportment
::: perimeter - outer boundary; length of the outer boundary; circumference