amenable

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The Word of the Day for April 2 is: 

amenable   \uh-MEE-nuh-bul\   adjective
     1 : liable to be brought to account : answerable  
     2 a : capable of submission (as to judgment or test) : 
suited  b : readily brought to yield, submit, or cooperate  *c : 
inclined or favorably disposed in mind  : willing 

Example sentence:
     Dorothy assured her family shed be amenable to whatever 
they planned for her 80th birthday.

Did you know?
     "Amenable" is a legacy of Anglo-French and derives 
ultimately from Latin "minari," meaning "to threaten." Since 
1596, English speakers have been using it in courtrooms and 
writings of law with the meaning "answerable," as in "citizens 
amenable to the law."  It later developed the meanings "suited" 
("a simple function  . . . which is perfectly amenable to pencil-
and-paper arithmetic" -- _Nature_, April 1973) and "responsive" 
(as in "mental illnesses that are amenable to drug therapy"). It 
also came to be used of people with a general disposition to be 
agreeable or complaisant -- like Mr. Dick in _David 
Copperfield_, who was "the most friendly and amenable creature 
in existence." Nowadays, "amenable" is often used to describe 
someone who is favorably disposed _to_ a particular named 
something.

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.