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pliable

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore P words

easily bent or easily influenced

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In a sentence

Pliable in a sentence

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The young recruits were pliable and eager to follow instruction.

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Antonyms
rigidinflexibleobstinate

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Verbal · Text Completion

Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.

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Pliable (adjective) means easily bent or easily influenced
Here is pliable used in an example sentence: "The young recruits were pliable and eager to follow instruction."
Common synonyms for pliable include flexible, supple, malleable, compliant.
Antonyms of pliable include rigid, inflexible, obstinate.
Pliable is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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